Ann Rand (195-1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher.

In his youth, he fled from the Soviet Union to the United States, and was famous for his novels and philosophy. The novel The Fountain became a best seller immediately after its publication in 1943, and won her a great reputation. The book is still reprinted in the number of more than 1, copies every year. In 1957, atlas shrugged was published, which became a super bestseller in American history, second only to the Bible, and was regarded as one of the top 1 books that had the greatest influence on the United States, with a cumulative sales of more than 8 million copies. Ann Rand worships rationality and thinks that the highest virtue of human beings is rationality. Regardless of the prejudice of traditional public opinion, she advocates individualism and believes that a society that cannot maximize personal interests is not an ideal society. Her philosophy of objectivism has been popular in American campuses since 195s, which has influenced several generations of Americans, and she herself has become an idol worshipped by American youth. Ann Rand wrote more than 1 kinds of works in her life, and the documentaries and feature films based on her life won the Oscar. After Ann Rand's death in 1982, many Rand book clubs and institutions specializing in Ann Rand's thoughts were founded in the United States.

Introduction to The Fountain

Locke, the hero of the novel, is an honest and strong architect. He aims to enlighten the society, but he was expelled from the school on the eve of college graduation. His design style was regarded as heresy by the society and he was once reduced to working as a coolie in a quarry. The woman he loved was against him everywhere and married his old enemy. Finally, he promised to design an economical and practical house for the government free of charge, but his design was arbitrarily modified by the competent government department. In desperation, he resisted the explosive charge and blew the half-built building back to the bricks and rubble. In court, he also fought alone and defended his original behavior as a genius: "Creation is a private matter and a natural right, and maintaining creation is also the right of individuals with the same talent." At that time, the concepts of copyright and intellectual property rights had not been recognized by people. As a result, Locke was identified as a "madman" and was acquitted.