Unsettlement (Priya Dhairyawan)

        This week’s reading left me feeling rather confused. For one, I do not know what to think about the community that John Galt has created. I understand that it is somewhat important for those who live there to consider solely themselves, but I think that it is detrimental for the village as a whole to not care about others. It makes sense that each person should put himself or herself first, as this would allow everyone to succeed or fail based only on his or her actions; however, it would be more beneficial, in my opinion, for them to help each other, therefore creating a more stable environment for the whole village. I do, however, like the motivation to succeed that the village encourages. In what seems like a different world, no one helps one another, so individuals are forced to work harder. This aspect of the community demonstrates a type of society that is advancing forward. One other thing that left me confused was the fact that John Galt is somehow in love with Dagny, and she is in love with him as well. It seems odd to me that the two, who have just met, are in love with each other. A large number of men have been in love with Dagny, and she has loved many of them also; so why is John Galt different? I think he has resolved many of Dagny’s problems. She was searching for the destroyer, and now she has found him. She wondered why the best workers were quitting, and now she knows why and where they went. John Galt acts as a resolver in tying up all of the loose ends of Dagny’s concerns.