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	Fictional character (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Critics distinguish between "round characters" and "flat characters." The former are made up of many personality traits and tend to be complex and both more life-like and believable, while the latter consist of only a few personality traits and tend to be simple and less believable.
		The protagonist (main character, sometimes known as the "hero" or the "heroine") of a novel is certain to be a round character; a minor, supporting character in the same novel may be a flat character.
		Minor characters, or stock characters, are often the focus of this kind of analysis since they tend to rely more heavily on stereotypes than more central characters.
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	Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlas Shrugged (ISBN 0451191145) is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA.
		The theme of Atlas Shrugged is the role of the mind in life and society.
		In Atlas Shrugged she shows what she thinks would happen to the world if the "men of the mind" went on strike: the motor of the world would shut down and civilization would fall apart.
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	ATLAS SHRUGGED
		In Atlas Shrugged, she demonstrates the tremendous harm that could occur if compassion, rather than self-interest, became the ruling force of society.
		Atlas Shrugged shows the influence of other socially critical novels of the period, most notably George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four (1948).
		Atlas Shrugged is important also for its portrayal of Dagny Taggart as a female hero.
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		Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA.
		These considerations make Atlas Shrugged a highly political book, especially in its portrayal of socialism and communism, or indeed any form of state intervention in societal affairs, as fatally flawed.
		Rights to the novel Atlas Shrugged were puchased by the Baldwin Entertainment Group in 2003 with the intent of producing a feature-length film.
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	A Critique of Murray Rothbard's "Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult" (Part 1 of 3)
		It can employ characters' emotions and interactions as a means of insight into fundamental value-premises and their dynamics in the realm of existence.
		Rothbard's attitude toward Atlas Shrugged demonstrates a contempt for ideas that befits one subscribing to the Naturalist School of Literature, a movement that embraces photographic descriptions of every detail of a novel, no matter how minute and insubstantial to the development of the plot and theme.
		The characters of Atlas Shrugged do reflect philosophical values, as they are set in motion in a world not unlike our own, a world where need calculus and statist domination seek to subdue the sovereignty and autonomy of the producers' minds.
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	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlas Shrugged is a central example of the libertarian science fiction sub-genre; on the other hand, Eric S. Raymond detects a libertarian ideology in science fictionandmdash;particularly "hard SF"andmdash;as early as the 1930s http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sf-history.html.
		To a Humanist eye, Atlas Shrugged is only a sequence of words arranged on paper, stemming from one imagination, and as such, it has the same weight refuting Christianity as the Bible has supporting it.
		Atlas Shrugged stays firmly within the mythos of the hero-inventor, "Bell and his telephone, Edison and his light bulb, Tom Swift and his this or that".
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	Skattabrain: Atlas Shrugged/35th Anniversary Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did.
		Atlas Shrugged is one of two major novels that outlines her entire philosophy while trying to show how it would be applied.
		Atlas Shrugged is unabashedly lucid and candid; it is refreshing to find such confident and clear writing in this age of self-doubt, relativism, and academic obscurity.
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	Amazon.com: Books: Fountainhead, The Cassette : Abridged Edition (Classics on Cassette) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Her characters are mere types, employed repeatedly (and I mean repeatedly) as mouthpieces for specific points of view.
		In Atlas Shrugged the collectivists were literally killing the country with their policies, something that doesn't seem possible to achieve through architecture.
		Atlas Shrugged is an epic in itself but it doesn't manage to grip you like The Fountainhead does.
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	archive of fictional things (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fictional characters who are from Fort Wayne, Indiana
		The cast of characters in The Cthulhu Mythos
		Fictional characters from cartoons, comics, or graphic novels:
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	Amazon.ca: Books: Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
		Atlas Shrugged is timeless, because the questions she asks 50 years ago can still be asked today.
		I admire her characters of intellectual strength, so when you begin your journey in what could be a life-changing perception of morals and beliefs, keep in mind that although they may not be real, you might end up wishing they truly exist.
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	Fictional character Article, Fictionalcharacter Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The protagonist (main character, sometimes known as the "hero" or the "heroine") of a novel iscertain to be a round character; a minor, supporting character in the same novel may be a flat character.
		Scarlett O'Hara, of"Gone With the Wind", is a good example of a round character, whereas her servant Prissy exemplifies the flat character.Likewise, many antagonists (characters in conflict with protagonists, sometimes known as "villains") are round characters.
		Minor characters, or stock characters, are often the focus of this kind of analysis since theytend to rely more heavily on stereotypes than more central characters.
	www.anoca.org /characters/list/fictional_character.html (2552 words)

	Read about Atlas Shrugged at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Atlas Shrugged and learn about Atlas Shrugged here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is often done openly by the novel's characters.
		Boston Public Library has named Atlas Shrugged as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
		Atlas Shrugged (Cliffs Notes), Andrew Bernstein; Cliffs Notes; (June 5, 2000)
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	Amazon.com: Books: Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlas Shrugged is a marvelous book and her ideas, thoughts, and philosophy are noticed throughout the book, in the way she writes and through the text.
		The characters are charismatic, and draw you in with their brilliant insight and observations of society, and how it functions.
		Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's tribute to the men of the mind: scientists, philosophers, businessmen, artists, teachers.
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	Amazon.de: English Books: Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I found it interesting to note that the obvious symbolism of the characters in the story does not have to be interpreted to such an extreme as it usually is. The book almost sounds like something that could have been written recently by someone venting about modern politics (and exagerating, of course).
		It is generally acknowledged that Atlas Shrugged is more of an application of her Objectivism in a story format than a traditonal novel.
		All in all, Atlas Shrugged is a very interesting book, that makes the reader think and think deeply, and which is sometimes dull only in its execution.
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	portland imc - 2004.06.03 - if you've read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I will always remembers a scene in Atlas Shrugged in which a train is about to blow up due to the un-capitalist actions of the company's CEO, but Rand doesn't seem to concerned about the passengers, who she describes one by one as also rather un-capitalist.
		Her characters also routinely have sexual encounters that, while supposedly consensual, are about as close to rape as you can get.
		They are usually accompanied by some hapless minor characters who only realize the capitalists are right when its too late, as well as a host of unappealing non-capitalists who fuck things up and generally cause mayhem that the capitalists then have to fix.
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		Things in Atlas Shrugged Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule The Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule is passed by the National Alliance of Railroads in section 145, allegedly to prevent andquot;destructive competitionandquot; between railroads...
		Things in Atlas Shrugged [Categories: Lists of fictional things, Atlas Shrugged] This is a list of general items in (United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political...
		Things in Atlas Shrugged Things in Atlas Shrugged This is a list of general items in Ayn Rand's ''Atlas Shrugged''.
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	Dictionary minor
		-- of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"
		Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
		Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
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	Book Report
		The main characters include Dagny Taggart, John Galt, Hank Rearden, another great man that has been shunned all of his life for his virtues, and Francisco d’Anconia, a genius that is the first to be swayed by John Galt’s logic.
		Supporting characters include Jim Taggart, Dagny’s brother that is as corrupt as one can be and a sniveling, undeserving gold digger, Eddie Willers, Dagny’s friend and secretary that knows what is right but lacks courage without Dagny’s shadow to guide him, and Cheryl Taggart, another character, who although minor, displays a victim in this scenario.
		The title, Atlas Shrugged, comes from when Francisco d’Anconia was attempting to convince Rearden to leave his world.
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	High Country Conservative: Atlas Shrugged.... After Trying to Lift This Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The story is consistent with Rand's philosophy: all humans should be motivated by their rational self interest, laissez faire capitalism is the only just system, collectivism of all forms is to be rejected, and government should be extremely minimal.
		While her heroic characters (Dagny Taggart, Rearden, Galt, and others) may all seem the same, it must be remembered that Rand's philosophy is fully integrated; it offers no contradictions whatsoever.
		As Adam Smith, father of modern economics wrote, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Atlas Shrugged, like most of Rand's philosophy, repeatedly pounds this point home.
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	Articles - Fictional character (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Often, these characters are the basis of "flat characters", though elements of stock characters can also be present in round characters as well.
		At first the main character explains that the caller has reached a wrong number, but eventually he decides to pretend to be Auster and see where it leads him.
		Some fictional characters are so famous that they can be references easily outside of the work from which they came, often because they have come to symbolize some archetype or ideal.
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	John Chester, Wild Apple: Atlas Shrugged Unplugged
		Despite the over-romantic portrayal, aspects of these fictional characters appealed to me. They were invariably honest with themselves, never making excuses, entirely self-reliant and self-accountable.
		She might argue that the market would address those, but I got the sense that in her world any factory would be permissible no matter how much pollution it spewed.
		Secondly, and this is a minor point, none of the capitalist heroes had a sense of humor or any sign of fun or lightheartedness.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: Crosspoints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But if a writer uses characters merely as vehicles for ideas-if he sacrifices them to some message he wants to convey-if he piles ideas on their backs like hods on a hod-carrier-the result may be closer to a tract than a novel.
		York inflicted on her art gallery-a heavy-handed borrowing from the world of "Atlas Shrugged." I winced when one of her minor characters started lecturing about Aristotle.
		Her magnum opus, "Atlas Shrugged," refers to him only 3 times in more than a thousand pages.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: Atlas Shrugged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I've just finished reading Atlas Shrugged and would like to make a few observations for those thinking about reading it.
		Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for all journalists.
		Nobody knows the truth, the important thing is that Atlas Shrugged might make you think and see things a different way.
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	Objectivism Online Forum > The killing of characters
		I was wondering whether AYN RAND ever explained why she "killed" the characters of Kira from "We The Living" and Eddie from "Atlas Shrugged".
		All the other characters exhibit that relationship (or lack of it, in the case of evaders), in varying degrees of success.
		Mar 11 2005, 11:44 AM he was probably refering to the three minor characters that I mentioned, all three of which shared Eddie's predicament and ultimately, his fate:
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	Narratology & Hegemony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shakespeare, for example, is epitomized for popularizing many archetypal characters, not because he was the first that we know of to write them, but because he defined those roles amongst the backdrop of a complex, social literary landscape.
		Thus, the characters stand out as original by contrast, even though many of his characters were based on previously-garnered archetypes (Shakespeare often borrowed from fables, myths and magic to construct and embellish his plays).
		Buffy are all seen to forge a new idol which informs and inspires pro-active, strong, yet still sexual behaviour in adoring girl, teen and woman fans.
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	Review: Atlas Shrugged: Manifesto of the Mind
		The least satisfactory of Gladstein's chapters is her discussion of characters.
		She spends too much time cataloging all the minor characters, without stopping to discuss in any detail the more interesting ones.
		Her exploration of characters and themes is a bit more workmanlike, but reasonable.
	www.noblesoul.com /orc/reviews/manifesto.html (956 words)

	Music and Perceptual Cognition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If one regards musical tones as mere sensations, one is not likely to treat them as discriminated, differentiated items of consciousness and, as a consequence, one is not likely to realize that their behavior bears certain similarities to the spatial and teleological actions of purposeful beings.
		When the pitch and time intervals between successive tones is small enough, this apparent motion no longer seems to leap or skip or step.
		All that is necessary, as Kimble and Garmezy (1968) explain, is the successive stimulation of spatially separate points on the retina or the basilar membrane, within certain upper limits on the time interval involved (231).
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	GOPUSA - Nancy Salvato
		Like the characters in "Atlas Shrugged," they find themselves having to deal with problems they did not create within the constraints of a system designed to fail.
		The NFCMH has made it easier to justify irresponsible behavior such as impulsiveness and other unrefined character bi-products of the "me first" and permissiveness era, heralded in by Dr. Spock.
		Today's children are granted adult rights while retaining minor status, for example; having an abortion without parental consent and being guaranteed their right to privacy in other areas, as well.
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	>☞ Buy cheapest The Journals of Ayn Rand The Journals of Ayn Rand in » Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Most attractive is the intricate, gradual process direct which she created the plots and characters of her cardinal masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of careful research that imbued the novels with their ruling authenticity.
		Her notes on books about architecture, her response to what she considers silliness, and her adaptation of what is said to characters in the book.
		Most of the notes from Atlas Shrugged deal with analyzing the psychology of the "parasite." This goes on for pages and seems rather tedious since it comes across as largely speculation-no evidence is cited.
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