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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com68THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905–1943intellectual orientation toward Nietzsche and her deep-seated elitism.But in execution the novel bore the marks of what had happened since.The remaining two-thirds of the book, written in a tremendous yearlongspurt of creativity, layered the themes of the “Manifesto” over thestructure Rand had devised years earlier. The result showed Rand thewriter at the height of her powers, even as Rand the thinker continuedto emerge.Since the expiration of her first contract in late 1940, few other publishersexhibited interest in Rand’s unfinished manuscript. Her agent,Anne Watkins, racked up eight rejections in about as many months.The best she could do was help Rand secure an hourly position as areader for Paramount Pictures, a job she started in the spring of 1941,just as her efforts with Pollock got under way. The string of rejectionsstrained relations between agent and author. Watkins’s interest in thebook wavered, and she began to criticize Rand’s writing. Rand gave noquarter, and the two argued unproductively over why the manuscriptwasn’t selling. The breaking point came just after Rand finished her“Manifesto.” After another discussion of her novel, Watkins told Rand,“You always ask for reasons. I can’t always give reasons. I just go byfeelings.” The statement came as a “traumatic shock” to Rand. To her itwas a shameful confession of personal and intellectual inadequacy. Shecould tolerate criticism of her book that was carefully and consciouslyjustified, but to be attacked on the basis of unspecified feelings galledher. Watkins’s confession also destroyed any possibility of an ongoingprofessional relationship. Rand told her as much in a long philosophicalletter announcing that she no longer wanted Watkins to representher work. 3Rand’s new boss at Paramount Pictures, Richard Mealand, was dismayedby the turn of events. He loved the parts of the novel he had read,and Rand immediately became one of his favorite employees. She wasalso beloved by her supervisor, Frances Hazlitt, who was an outspokenconservative. Frances was married to Henry Hazlitt, a journalist whowould later become known in libertarian circles for his Economics inOne Lesson. Together Hazlitt and Mealand gave Rand the pick of incomingstories and championed her writing career. When Mealand learned