While in college, Francisco "did not come to visit her in New York, that winter, even though he was only a night's journey away. Yet after they become romantically involved, theirs is a strange friendship. Dagny and Franciscoĭagny and Francisco are childhood friends (94) long before they become lovers. In this brief essay, I investigate both Rand's philosophical insights into the nature of friendship and the extent to which the relationships between the four main characters in Atlas Shrugged (Dagny, Francisco, Rearden, and Galt) live up to Rand's ideal. Indeed, from one angle Atlas Shrugged (Rand 1957) can be seen as something of a meditation on love and friendship. "Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another." -John GaltĪlthough the novels of Ayn Rand are usually considered to be thinly-veiled philosophical or even political treatises, softer themes often figure prominently within them. "Friendships are more valuable than gold." -James Taggart Friendship in Atlas Shrugged Friendship in Atlas Shrugged by Peter Saint-Andre (2007)įirst published in Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion ( Ashgate Press), pp.
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