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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com40THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905–1943small-town booster she touted the glories of American capitalism andindividualism, voicing a newfound nationalism that celebrated theUnited States as a moral exemplar for the world. Her volunteerism completeda transformation that shaped her passage through the second halfof the 1930s. Rand entered that politically charged decade an ingénue,focused relentlessly on her own personal ambitions. Ten years later shehad located herself firmly on the broad spectrum of domestic publicopinion.The essence of Rand’s new novel had come to her shortly after hermarriage to Frank. While working at RKO she became friendly with aneighboring woman who was also a Jewish Russian immigrant. Randwas fascinated by her neighbor’s daughter, the executive secretary to animportant Hollywood producer. Like Rand the daughter was fiercelyambitious and dedicated to her career. At her mother’s urging sheintroduced Rand to an agent who eventually succeeded in selling RedPawn, giving Rand her first important success. Even so, Rand dislikedthe secretary, feeling that somehow, despite their surface similarities, thetwo were quite different. One day she probed this difference, asking theother woman what her “goal in life” was. Rand’s abstract query, so typicalof her approach to other people, brought a swift and ready response.“Here’s what I want out of life,” her neighbor lectured Rand. “If nobodyhad an automobile, I would not want one. If automobiles exist and somepeople don’t have them, I want an automobile. If some people have twoautomobiles, I want two automobiles.” 1Rand was aghast. This piece of petty Hollywood braggadocio openedan entire social universe to her. Here, she thought furiously, was someonewho appeared selfish but was actually self-less. Under her neighbor’sfeverish scheming and desperate career maneuverings was simply a hollowdesire to appear important in other people’s eyes. It was a motivationRand, the eternal outsider, could never understand. But once identifiedthe concept seemed the key to understanding nearly everything aroundher.Swiftly Rand expanded her neighbor’s response into a whole theoryof human psychology. The neighbor’s daughter was a “second-hander,”someone who followed the ideas and values of others. Her opposite