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Title: One of the Great Books
Review: This is one of the books that affected my thinking. It's a powerful dramatic illustration of how we are coerced to march in lockstep with the dominant culture, and thus forfeit our individuality and ultimately our freedom and humanity. It's interesting how Ayn Rand has become for many people a political symbol of all they love or hate. I would caution the reader to avoid this trap. This book is not a blueprint for utopia. It's a work of fiction, and, like all fiction, it mirrors certain aspects of our reality without being completely realistic. I value this book because it illuminated some of the social snares and pitfalls we face, forces that I had been dimly aware of but could not previously bring into focus. Because it meant so much to me, and because it has things to say that no one else had the courage and passion and skill to articulate, I'll call this one of the Great Books. It is not without flaws, but it is important and it is unique.
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