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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com82THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905–1943Burning with ideas as she composed her novel, Rand stepped outof her passive, listening role and began to share her ideas about ethics.Paterson jousted back, during one conversation challenging Rand’s viewthat self-interest must always be the first principle of action. Family wasa sticking point for Paterson. Wasn’t it true, she asked Rand, that parentsmust take care of their children before themselves? Rand counteredswiftly, “If the child has no one but the parent, and the situation is suchthat the parent has to sacrifice himself and die, how long would thechild survive thereafter?” Rand remembered, “[Paterson] gasped, in apleased way, like an electric bulb going off. And she told me, ‘of coursethat’s the answer.’ Now that’s the last brick falling into place and she isconvinced.” 30 Paterson asked if she could draw on this conversation inher book, permission Rand gladly granted.As 1943 approached Rand closed in on the final scenes of her novel.Here she made the first major changes that reflected her recent intellectualdevelopment. The final section of the book, named after her hero,was intended to celebrate Roark. Fleshing out the solution she had hitupon so many years earlier, Rand described Roark’s design of a housingproject, Cortland Homes, for Keating. It is a straightforward trade.Roark is intrigued by the problem of low-cost housing but knows hewould never be chosen to design the project. He agrees to let Keatinguse his design, asking only one thing in return: the building must bebuilt exactly as designed. But Cortland Homes is a government project,and everyone has a say. When built it blends Roark’s design withthe additions and amendments of several other architects. Appalled atthe resulting compromise Roark dynamites the building late one night.Dominique is by his side in the storm of controversy that erupts, finallyready to love him openly.From there Rand fell back on her trusty device of a trial, with acritical twist. Originally, an esteemed trial lawyer, roused from retirementby the Cortland case, was slotted to deliver a climactic defense ofRoark. Now, as she neared completion of the novel, she decided thatRoark would represent himself and deliver his own plea to the jury. Itwas a Hollywood-style scenario that injected a rare note of implausibilityinto an otherwise largely realistic novel. Having Roark deliverthe speech, however, proved critical to expressing Rand’s newfoundappreciation for the average American. Roark’s hand-selected jury