"How can you let others decide for you?"

I do admit that I have been quite slow in reading The Fountainhead, but lately I've been really getting into the novel and I really love it. The issue at hand which I want to speak about is about doing something you love. In the novel, Howard Roark is this completely awesome character who represents doing things for yourself. As selfish as that may sound, I don't care. Roark is only interested in doing what will please him, making architectural designs with no limits, no criticism by the people. Basically, Roark does not design to serve the people and what they might like, his purpose is to just design because of his love of it.

I think this is a pressing issue today, as well as it might have been in the 1950s. But I think we are starting to break away from the mold and many more people are doing things that they'd much rather do. But it's not all true. When someone goes out to work in the "real world", you get told to do many things that you are not happy about, or you are told to do things that you feel would be better changed, but because everyone else likes it a certain way, that thought and small opinion is seen insignificant.
I for one completely hate it. I hate being subservient to the views of "people", the views of popular opinion. I mean let's face it, it's not like the mass is so very smart and interesting anyway. So why do some have the constant need to please them?

Sure maybe there is a thing called compromise, but I dislike that as well. Especially if the people I'm compromising with are utterly terrible people.

Being told what to do, to do things a certain way and not in a way you see it best. I think it's utterly terrible. It eats you up and tears you apart. Oh how the opinions of other people can be so overpowering and hurtful. How do I know what's good if other people don't like it? I'm just different and I like what I like. I wish it were Halloween again, so that I can walk around school with a white bed sheet over me all day.