Part 1 of 30 on blogging Atlas Shrugged is now up at www.cbrookskurtz.com. Enjoy!
Blogging Atlas Shrugged: Part I, Chapter 1 - The Theme
"Who is John Galt?" is the first line of "Atlas Shrugged," and the question, both full of meaning and absent any, is presented chapter-after-chapter in the sense of "Who the heck knows?" or, darkly, "What do I care?", "What's it matter to me?" It is a question that expresses hopelessness, and the setting of the novel, while not hopeless yet, hints at it. It is a philosophical "Where's Waldo?"
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