The Fountainhead Success is an achievement of something desired, planned or attempted and in some cases this does not come easy. But is it easier to become successful while having morals at the same time? In the beginning of the novel, "The Fountainhead," Ayn Rand shows through her characters that one can not achieve practical success and be moral at the same time. However, by the end of the novel, Rand has contradicted this belief …showed first 75 words of 761 total…

…showed last 75 words of 761 total…. The actions of the main characters in this novel prove that Ayn Rand's philosophy does not comply with the conventional view; an individual can achieve practical success or they can be moral but not both. Her novel instead implies that to achieve success you must be moral. Peter Keating's low measure of morality leads him to failure while Howard Roark sticks to his morals and through a strenuous process achieves success while sustaining morality.