the evangelical outpost: The Fountainhead of Bedford Falls: Comparing George Bailey and Howard Roark

the evangelical outpost: The Fountainhead of Bedford Falls: Comparing George Bailey and Howard Roark

"... Roark lives to create inspiring works of architecture but cannot do so without relying on others. When society fails to appreciate his "genius", his egotistical purity leads him to engage in a massive destruction of private property. By the end of The Fountainhead Roark is revealed to be an infantile, narcissistic, parasite. Bailey, on the other hand, has all the marking of a repressed, conformist, patsy. He lives for others (a sentiment that would make Ayn Rand gag) rather than 'following his bliss.' He compromises everything but his integrity. And yet he discovers that he has all that makes life worth living."