Atlas Shrugged, Part I: Non-Contradiction

Who is John Galt? The question echoes through a decaying world where productivity is punished and greatness is silenced. In the first part of Ayn Rand’s epic novel Atlas Shrugged, Dagny Taggart struggles to keep her railroad alive as the economy collapses and brilliant minds vanish without a trace.

As Dagny fights against bureaucratic interference and irrational policies, she begins to uncover a mysterious resistance—one that challenges the very foundation of a society built on dependence.

Non-Contradiction introduces the philosophical and emotional core of Rand’s Objectivist worldview: reason, integrity, and the right to pursue one’s own happiness.