Rearden represents a type of self-made man and eventually divorces Lillian, abandons his steel mills following a bloody assault by government-planted workers, and joins John Galt's strike.
ɹˈɪɹdən ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnts ɐ tˈaɪp ʌv sˈɛlfmˌeɪd mˈæn ænd ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli dᵻvˈoːɹsᵻz lˈɪliən, ɐbˈændənz hɪz stˈiːl mˈɪlz fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ɐ blˈʌdi ɐsˈɔlt baɪ ɡˈʌvɚnməntplˈæntᵻd wˈɜːkɚz, ænd dʒˈɔɪnz dʒˈɑːn ɡˈɔlts stɹˈaɪk.