 The PROPEL™ Ayn Rand Meetup® groups will discuss these Objectivist Inquiry™ questions for Atlas Shrugged Part Three Chapters VI-X by Ayn Rand:
Cognitive Questions
Describe the conditions in the world as the story progresses in these chapters.
Describe the change in character of the Wet Nurse.
What finally convinces Henry Rearden to join the strike?
Why does John Galt air his speech to the world?
How does the world react to the speech of John Galt?
Why does Dagny Taggart seek John Galt?
Why do the looters seek John Galt?
Why does Dr. Robert Stadler want to kill John Galt?
Why does Eddie Willers choose to travel to California in the face of overwhelming odds?
Why do the looters first confine John Galt to luxurious quarters, then place him on the spot in a public announcement, then finally strap him to a torture machine?
Why do Dr. Robert Stadler and Cuffy Meigs each want to take control of Project X?
Why does Dagny Taggart fatally wound the guard at the door to Project F rather than just injure him or restrain him as her companions did to the other guards?
Why do the lights in New York stop burning?
Why does Eddie Willers refuse to join the covered wagon train?
Why does John Galt feel confident at the end of the novel that the strike can finally end?
Normative Questions
Did you find the decline of conditions in the novel believable?
Did you find the progressively malevolent actions of the villains believable?
Did you find the change in character of the Wet Nurse believable?
Did you find the stories of Project X and Project F believable?
Did you consider Dagny Taggart's execution of the guard morally just?
Did you consider the strike of the producers morally just?
Did you consider the decision of Eddie Willers not to join the covered wagon train wise?
In what ways did this novel influence your values?
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