Atlas Shrugged the Events in Chapters Nine Essay

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Atlas Shrugged

The events in Chapters nine and ten of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged have much in common with the real world events of recent history.

In Chapter 9, characters Dagny and Reardon find a car company which has been deserted. The Twentieth Century Motor Company factory is deserted. Everyone who was employed or who benefited from the factory has been made to suffer. The United States' government bailed out General Motors and other car companies to make sure people stayed in their jobs. Had they not done so, the real-world car companies would have found themselves in the position of the fictitious Twentieth Century.

In the tenth chapter of the book, numerous laws are being put into place which makes limitations on industry. For example, everyone is entitled to the same amount of steel even if they do not need it. No company is allowed to have more steel than any other group who makes a claim on it. Consequently, people who really need it like Reardon are forced to get materials illicitly.

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This brings to mind the current issue in the United States of Medicare and Obamacare. The bill demands that everyone have health insurance and punishes those who cannot afford it. People are granted access to medical care, but everyone gets the same under federal healthcare, so someone who is more sick cannot get the attention they need because all patients are entitled to the same amount of time with the doctor.

3. It is stated that the reason that Twentieth Century failed was not because of what they were making, but because of the way the company was run. People were paid based on what they claimed to need and those who worked harder had to support people who worked less. In the United States, there has been talk that the nation is turning socialist, with millions on unemployment or welfare. Instead of working to feed themselves and their family members, these individuals….....

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