The Power of Individualism Revealed in The Source Imagine power as a free-flowing form of energy, a source found within each and for each individual. Suppose that to gain power, one must tap into this reservoir of immense proportions and enjoy the rich harvest according to one's heart's desires. As a result, when dealing with concentrated materials, nature takes over and, similar to other abstract physical elements, makes this package lethal, with the potential for untold destruction. In other words, power in the wrong hands or power without accountability is the most dangerous weapon humanity can possess. To say that power is a means out of control and belonging to something with incredible destruction is quite true. Assuming that each of us has the potential to be entitled to a share of this universal medium. Then it would be justifiable to say that, like any other unmoderated activity, furious ambition for unchecked power could wreak havoc and act as a catalyst in the collapse of a society. Similar to politics dealing with the static physical component of society, there must be a more formidable source of pervasiveness over the mystical realm of power. Therefore, this form of guidance can only exist from the mind and, as a product of thought, therefore the ideas within a philosophy. Ideals warp between the covers of The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand's philosophical revolution of individualistic power, is her solution to society's demand for care. He believes that the highest order of power is above all alternatives because power belongs to an individual and his mission is to demonstrate the greatness of individualistic power within the hero he christens with the name Roark... .... half of the paper.. ....in life. True heroes will know which one to take and remain above all others. Those who fail will end up in the crucible of society, with the flame of freedom extinguished. Works cited and consulted Berliner, Michael S., ed. Letters of Ayn Rand. By Ayn Rand. New York: Dutton, 1995. Branden, Barbara. The Passion of Ayn Rand: A Biography. New York: Doubleday, 1986aBranden, Nathaniel. My Years with Ayn Rand. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.Garmong, Dina. Personal interview. November 2, 1999.Peikoff, Leonard. The philosophy of objectivism, a brief summary. Stein and Day, 1982. Rand, Ayn. The Source. New York: Plume, 1994. The Ayn Rand Institute. "A Brief Biography of Ayn Rand" [Online] available at www.aynrand.org/aynrand/biography.html, 1995Walker, Jeff. The cult of Ayn Rand. Carus publishing house, 1999