The Fountainhead p. 663-673

In this section, Wayward has been broken by the Banner, committee and the fallout of this is what this deals with. The repercussions of this caving of Wayward, are not limited by any chance. They spur Wayward to not want to see or speak to Roark, who is willing to forgive him, but as Wayward had said in the last section, he cannot be forgiven. The only major event of concern was the reuniting of Roark and Dominique in their old relationship of couple, that being the closest word to describe their relationship. Dominique also plans to extract revenge on Wayward, by calling in police and reporters to look for a “missing sapphire ring” (Rand, 668). This is then spread to every newspaper, including the Banner to do damage to Wayward and to help him “a story that will build circulation” (Rand, 671). Roark’s comment on her actions being, “a more thorough job of dynamiting than Cortlandt”, is very accurate, because with this act she has destroyed what little Wayward thought he still had that he held dear: Dominique. When Wayward hears of this he is not openly showing his hurt and doesn’t seem to be able to break and cave as Dominique had wanted him to her yelling at him, “God damn you! If you can take it like this, you had no right to become what you became” to which he responded, “that’s why I’m taking it” (Rand, 671). Wayward’s character has seemed to been broken by his giving in to others and that he will no longer be an individual, but the kind of person he and Roark detested: a second-hander.