Part I, Chapter 4: The Immovable Movers

Ben Bayer, Gregory Salmieri

Presented at: The Atlas Project

Date: Sep 27, 2017

• Question 1: What is Dagny looking for in the first sequence of events in the chapter? Where else earlier in the novel have we seen signs that other people need this?
• Question 2: What sorts of things give James pleasure?
• Question 3: What themes do we see in the music of Richard Halley? How do they relate to the motivations of the characters we’ve met?
• Question 4: How do Conway, Dagny, Wyatt, and Rearden respond to the passage of the Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule, and what explains the differences?
• Question 5: What new observations does Dagny make about Rearden and what questions does she formulate about him during her visit to his office?
• Question 6: What other questions and observations do you have about Part I, Chapter 4?

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• Podcast, 2018 (En) - 92 mins
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