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We The Living
Started by rishidixit at 04-25-2006 8:37 AM. Topic has 7 replies.
  
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 04-25-2006, 8:37 AM
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rishidixit
Joined on 04-25-2006
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Why no posts on this one?? Hasn't anyone read it or what??
Anyways, can we start off with discussing the characterisation of this
novel. As per me, I think Kira's character and backdrop was quite close
to that of Ayn Rand herself. At times, the writing seems like
autobiographical.
However, my point of contention is that isn't this novel a little weak
in its characterisations than 'The Fountainhead' or 'Atlas Shrugged'
which had pretty strong characters?
What are your thoughts on it?
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06-14-2006, 11:34 AM
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Ken Rahman
Joined on 06-14-2006
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I have not read We the Living. I have read Anthem, Night of January 16th, Fountainhead, and Atlas (in that order), but I have not decided whether I will read WTL. I thought that WTL would be a let down after reading FH and AS. Any comments on this? If the book is worth reading I will probably read it, but I like the idea of Atlas being the last fiction Rand book that I have read, just seems appropraite.
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11-07-2006, 1:51 AM
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SaskBigPicture
Joined on 11-07-2006
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Well, I have just finished "The Fountainhead" immediately after reading "Atlas Shrugged". I intend to read "We The Living", but have recently picked up "The Ayn Rand Lexicon", "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" and "The Virtue of Selfishness" at my local used book store, and will read them first. I am hoping to get my wife to read "Atlas Shrugged" as well.
I am debating whether to read "Anthem" before "We The Living" or vice versa. Will decide when I get through my current reading list.
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12-04-2006, 1:44 PM
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NickOtani
Joined on 04-21-2006
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I read We the Living, long ago, as well as all of Rand's other books. I liked this one because it was a tragedy. I cried at the end. As such, it was much different from Rand's other fiction, which always has a happy ending, showing the hero overcoming obstacles and prevailing. This is good, but there is also value in literature which brings out other than the typical warm and fuzzy feelings of romantic fiction. I thought We the Living matched up more with the successful novels of Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Faulkner, than did Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Unfortunately, I guess mine is a minority opinion, one with which even Rand would disagree. bis bald, Nick
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04-04-2007, 11:13 AM
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Mr Squiggle
Joined on 04-04-2007
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I tried to read this book a year or two ago and I found it very hard to get into. I ended up putting it down just before I got half way because I could not really identify with the time, place, characters or style or writing. I think that Ran's writing style became more accessibile as she got older, but it also potentially became two dimensional and like a lecture. I don't think that I have read another book that is much of a lecture and a sermon as Atlas Shrugged and The Foundtainhead were. In fact, that is probably my main criticism of her fiction - in order to make her philosophy more relevant she created artificial characters and situations that allowed her lecture as if the world is black and white. I love objectivism, but Rand's fiction ignores the fact that the world is not black and white, that people live in between extremes, that the baddies are not always drooling, blubbering idiots, and that the goodies can't always recognise each other and will, in fact, often hate each other.
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06-23-2007, 5:01 PM
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orbit
Joined on 06-24-2007
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I felt that We The Living was a very strong novel - Agreed, almost autobiographical. Kira was a very strong character in my opinion and sheds light on what was probably going on in Russia when Ayn decided to leave. I cried incessantly at the end.
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