victor can pervail.Ayn Rand explores the many facets of power within a structural community,relying upon her philosolophy as a test-bed and a believable standard.In essence the portfolio of The Fountainhead, contains, four major fronts ofpower, each dominated by a type of relative character and characteristics.Manipulative Power entitle itself to be crown the champion of false promisesand deciet. The Power of Green or power due to money is difficult to achieveand deserve honorable mentioning, yet it is a virtual power built upon wealth.Worst of all evil in man's search for power lies behind the mask of a man builton betrayal, resorting to self-deprivation for prestige and the selling ofoneself to fame. The true power belongs to an individualist, who fights forhimself, lives for himself and is Rand's answer to the plea of the people.Subjecting to visualization, this could be interpret in the form of a compassrose with its four extended arms representing each front of power, convergingonto a center of origin. This origin is the birth place of all men. Attainingpower is a rather lenghthy, delicate process and is likely prone to failure.Life's goal is determining of one direction and that single path can representan arm of the rose. Simply it may seem not too difficult to make the correctchoice, yet many fail to do so.Ironically, Ayn Rand play the role of a mischieve when she weave such abelievable character to represent the cold, uncompassionate, and power hungryManipulator. She fool the reader to believe that Ellsworth Toohey, a successfuland very influential member of society, is a worthy man, fighting for the causeof the human kind. His generosity and sacreficial offerings are only cover-upsfrom his true nature, the impulsive liar who strive on manipulating others forpower.Physically Toohey is described as a weak man, apparent only through the power ofhis mind. According to Rand, a wholesome, powerful character has to unify b...
