| The
Fountainhead Essay Contest |
| for
students of high schools and junior colleges in
India |
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For
Students of Class XI & XII (and
their equivalents)
Win
Prizes Worth Rs 17,000/-
First
Prize:Rs. 5000/-
cash award
3 Second Prizes: Rs.
2000/- each
6 Third Prizes: Rs.
1000/- each
The
topics:
Select
ONE of the following 3 topics.
1)
Identify the theme of The Fountainhead. Explain
why some people think it is important to destroy a person
like Howard Roark. Is it possible to bring such a person
down in the real world?
2)
Identify any two characters from The Fountainhead
with whom you relate the most, and give reasons for your
choice.
3)
For each of the following quotations, from The Fountainhead,
explain its significance in the story, and their general
implications.
a.
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."
b.
"It’s sheer insanity!" Weidler moaned, "I want
you. We want your building. You need the commission. Do
you have to be quite so fanatical and selfless about it?".......
Roark smiled.... He said, "That was the most selfish
thing you’ve ever seen a man do."
c.
Ellsworth Toohey: "Why don’t you tell me what you
think of me?......." Howard Roark: "But I don’t
think of you."
Send
your entries to -
The
Fountainhead Essay Contest
LIBERTY INSTITUTE
259, J-Block (2nd floor), Saket, New Delhi 110 017.
India
Tel: (91)-(11) 6512441/ 6528244; Fax: (91)-(11)
6856992
E-Mail: liberty@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
Rules
and Conditions:
The participant must be a student at the Higher Secondary
level (i.e., class XI or XII) or its equivalent, including
pre-degree levels, intermediate levels or junior college,
and based in India.
Essays must be typewritten or legibly hand written on
one side of the page with double line spacing, and must
not exceed 1200 words.
Essays must be sole work of the participant.
Essays must reach us on or before 30
October, 2000.
Decision of the judges will be final, and winners will
be notified by 30 November, 2000.
All entries will become the property of Liberty Institute,
and will not be returned.
Important:
Entries must include a stapled cover sheet with the following
information
(a)
Participant’s Name and Address;
(b) Name and Address of the school;
(c) The topic selected; and
(d) A photocopy of the participant’s current school Identity
Card.
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.
Attention
Teachers:
1. Copies of Teacher’s guide to The Fountainhead,
prepared by Dr. Andrew Bernstein, professor of philosophy,
are available on request for teachers who would like to
encourage their students to participate in the contest.
2. Copies of The Fountainhead are available for
purchase at a special price of Rs 200/- only (plus
postage) by schools, teachers and students.
3. On request from teachers, Liberty Institute could help
organize video screening of "The Fountainhead".
About
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
(1905-82) is one of the all time popular authors in the world.
Two of her best-selling novels are The Fountainhead (1943)
and Atlas Shrugged (1957). Over 30 million copies of her books
have reportedly sold world wide so far. In the early 1990s,
an opinion survey by Gallup for the United States Congressional
Library found her to be the most influential author, second
only to the Bible. Her books, particularly the fictions, are
widely available in Indian bookshops. However, the most telling
evidence in support of her popularity in India can be found
in the availability of pirated edition of her works, including
non-fiction, on the streets of most major cities! In 1998,
a documentary feature made on her life - Ayn Rand: A
Sense of Life - was nominated for an Oscar in that
category.
About
Liberty Institute
The Institute
is a non-profit, public policy research and educational organization
dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of liberal,
free market ideas. It organizes seminars and workshops, maintains
a resource centre where a wide range of relevant literature
and audio-visual material from around the world are available
for reference, participates in book fairs to expose readers
to a wide spectrum of classical liberal literature.
The
essay contest seeks to introduce young people to stimulating
literature, so that they may develop their critical faculties,
be well informed about some of the very basic issues of
life, and live up to their full potential in their own chosen
fields. For over a decade the Ayn
Rand Institute has been organizing similar essay contest
is being held in the United States and some other countries,
attracting thousands of participants each year.
Read
about past essay contests
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