All-India
THE FOUNTAINHEAD Essay Competition 2001
Read
Ayn Rand's Novel
THE FOUNTAINHEAD
Win
Prizes Worth Rs 20,000/-
-
for
students of classes XI & XII,
and equivalents
First
Prize: Rs. 8000/-
cash award
2
Second Prizes: Rs. 4000/- each
3
Third Prizes: Rs. 2000/- each
A
Number of Consolation Prizes
Special
Prizes for Schools
- A.
The school that sends the maximum number of entries,
which are of acceptable quality, will receive a set
of Ayn Rand’s fiction and non-fiction books.
- B.
Two runners up schools will receive a set of Ayn Rand’s
fiction.
The
topics:
Select
ONE of the following 3 topics:
(1) Ayn
Rand said that her basic test for any story was "Would I want
to meet these characters and observe these events in real
life? Is this story an experience worth living through for
its own sake? Is the pleasure of contemplating these characters
an end in itself? ...." In the context of The Fountainhead,
give your answers along with your reasons for these questions.
(2)
For each of the following pairs of characters in The
Fountainhead,, compare and contrast their approach to
life and their basic motivation - (a) Howard Roark and Peter
Keating, (b) Gail Wynand and Ellsworth Toohey.
(3)
For each of the following quotations from The Fountainhead,
explain its significance in the story, and their general
implications.
- Dominique:
"Roark, I can accept anything, except what seems
to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the
almost, the just-about, the in-between."
- Gail
Wynand to Howard Roark:"Build it as a monument to
that spirit which is yours ....... and could have been
mine."
- Howard
Roark to Henry Cameroon: "If at the end of
my life, I'll be what you are today, here, in this office,
I shall consider it an honour that I could not have
deserved."
Send
your entries to - (Entries
must reach us by 30 November 2001.)
The
Fountainhead Essay Contest
LIBERTY
INSTITUTE
259, J-Block (2nd floor), Saket New Delhi 110 017
Tel: (91)-(11) 6512441/ 6528244; Fax: (91)-(11)
6856992
E-Mail: essay@libertyindia.org
Rules |
