A Psychological Reading of The Fountainhead :: Fountainhead

A Psychological Reading of The Fountainhead historical independence is a trait of mind. It is a commitment to virtuosos own perceptual experience of reality as an absolute standard of thought and action. Why was this so hard for dent Keating to distinguish between Self (what I am) and rarefied Self (what I wish I were)? It is evident that Peter Keatings incongruent self-concept is the result of Keatings beliefs that conditional love from others could only be obtained by distorting his experiences in order to portray the Ideal Self. This form of personality phylogenesis starts from childhood experiences and can be directly connected to the amount of congruity or incongruence of ones experience in carriage. Keating is a prime example of incongruency or someone that registers every little move within the environment. Keating has a unbroken fear of what is perceived within the instinct of others, which he spends his entire life trying to appease and control. (Rogers, 1961) Kea ting is basically a hypocrite, by saying one thing and acting in an opposite gentlemanner. Keating is non the only hypocrite. Keating is meliorate when he notices that Guy Francon is putting on a front for his benefit. It federal agency that Francon too is a man like Keating, with the same attitude toward the consciousness of others. This way of thinking was accurately described as Ayn Rand uses Roarks words in his last courtroom speech, The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves. The relationship produces nothing plainly mutual corruption. It is impossible in concept. The nearest approach to reality - the man who lives to serve others - is the slave. ( Fountainhead, p. 680) When Keating first proposes to Dominique, he speaks rapidly, easily, and so sure of himself it was not difficult. A lie is described as an effort to manipulate the consciousness of others, a way that comes too natural to Keating. Though he is an intelligent man, not without some heart, he is fundamentally incapable of being honest. The concept of truth, the win of reality in Keatings mind is different and frightening. Rand uses the terminology second-hander to describe the Peter Keatings of the world. The choice is not self-sacrifice or domination. The choice is independence or dependence. The code of the creator or the second-hander.