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The Fountainhead Summary & Study Guide Description
The Fountainhead Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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The Fountainhead Plot Summary
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Part I
The novel opens as the Stanton Institute of Technology is graduating its 1922 class. The dean has just informed Howard Roark that he is being expelled for "insubordination,"—for refusing to complete his assignments according to the standards of the college. Roark is not upset by the expulsion; rather, he admits that he should have quit the school long ago since he claims that he has learned very little there. Valedictory speaker Peter Keating, who has conformed to Stanton's rules, is considered by all to be the school's next success story. Yet Keating is unsure about his next move. He asks Roark's advice about whether to continue his studies in Europe or to accept a position with the Francon Architectural Firm in New York City. Roark tells him that he will learn nothing by studying the architecture of the past.
Both men move to New York City. Keating shows little...
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