Jul 25, 2008

Atlas Shrugged | Characters

The main character of the work is Dagny Taggart, vice president of Taggart Transcontinental Railroad. She is one of the producers, one of the great minds, and the book revolves around her desire to solve two mysteries: where the men of ability are vanishing, and what happened to the inventor of a motor that runs on static electricity and could power the world. She slowly clears up both mysteries, as well as coming to the realization that she, too, understands why the producers are leaving.

In addition to the memorable characterization of Dagny Taggart, Rand delineates dozens of other...