Blog 2

1.) At the granite quarry, Dominique is deeply attracted to the red-headed worker who stares at her insolently. She pursues him aggressively, but resists him in the moment of her triumph. Given that Dominique is eager to make love to Roark, why does she physically resist? Ayn Rand once stated regarding this scene that, if it is rape, “then it is rape by engraved invitation.” What does she mean? Is this actually rape, i.e., is Dominique an unwilling victim? I think Dominique really wants to make love to Roark but she is afarid. She doesnt want to get hurt and she doesnt know if she is ready for all that yet. No she is inviting him but is nervous about it; she's having second thoughts.

2.) Though strongly attracted to Roark, Dominique both pursues and fights him. Is this inner conflict regarding her love representative of some deeper aspect of her character? How does this ambivalence relate to her destruction of the Greek statuette that she loves? To joining forces with Ellsworth Toohey in an effort to wreck Roark’s career? To refusing to pursue a serious career in spite of her great intelligence? Are Dominique’s motives for thwarting Roark the same as Toohey’s? Dominique is confused right now about Roark. She is willing to destroy Roark so no one else will want him. I think she is crazy.

5.) At the same party, Dominique thinks of Roark’s as “the face of a god.” What is she responding to in Roark? In seeing such beauty in Roark’s face, an evaluation not shared by the rest of society, what does Dominique reveal about her own soul? When she says this I think she means that he is his own person; a leader not a follower. She thinks that they are alike.