What is The Fountainhead?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Fountainhead''''' is a [[novel]] written by [[Ayn Rand]]. The book was first printed in 1943. [[File:The Fountain Head (1943 1st ed) - Ayn Rand.jpg|thumb|The Fountainhead cover.]] The [[theme (narrative)|theme]] of Rand's fictional story is the [[belief]] that [[selfishness]] can be [[ethics|ethically]] good for people in a workplace. [[Altruism]] can actually make a person a [[servant]] or slave to other people. This novel has many themes that support [[philosophy|philosophies]] of [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|objectivism]], and [[capitalism]]. There are themes that are against the idea of [[communism]]. The use of [[architecture]] and [[skyscraper]]s in this novel show that humans are able to do great things. Rand's belief in the novel is that a person should only work at something they love doing. == Plot == It is 1922 in Stanton; one of America's best colleges for [[architect]]s. Howard Roark has just been kicked out of Stanton because he wants to design modern buildings made with [[glass]], [[concrete]] and [[steel]]. But his [[professor]]s want him to just design the same old style buildings. Roark's roommate, Peter Keating, is given an award when he graduates, just after Roark is expelled. Keating is offered a job in [[New York City|New York]] at Francon & Heyer, a company that makes traditional old style buildings. Roark goes to New York, so he can find Henry Cameron, the [[inventor]] of skyscrapers. Roark gets a job at Cameron's company. He is designing modern buildings, but he does not earn much money. Keating is becoming rich because he designs traditional buildings for [[millionaire]]s. Keating meets his old girlfriend, Catherine Halsey. She tells him that her [[uncle]] is Ellsworth Toohey, a well-known writer for a Wynand newspaper, named the ''Banner''. Even though Keating wants to meet Toohey, he wants to wait until he is more successful and famous. Then he can impress Toohey, who is an architecture expert, in the hopes of a new job with even more wealthy income. Roark l