Atlas Shrugged/Synopsis/Section 3

See Also: Structure, Part 1: Chapters 1-5, Part 1: Chapters 6-10, Part 2: Chapters 1-5, Part 2: Chapters 6-10, Part 3: Chapters 1-5, Part 3: Chapters 6-10

Atlas Shrugged, Part 3, Chapters 1-5

CHAPTER ONE: Atlantis

Section 311: Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 1

• Plot summary:
• Dagny is unconscious from crashing her plane in the Colorado Valley. When she wakes up, she is shocked to discover John Galt beside her. She soon finds out that the industrialists who have disappeared now live and work in the Colorado Valley. Some of these industrialists include: Midas Mulligan, Ellis Wyatt and Richard Halley. Galt talks to Dagny and shows her around this new place, while showing her around this place he takes her to where the motor is kept in which everyone is looking for.

• The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
  • The Colorado Valley
    • Dr. Akston’s home
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt
  • Hugh Akston
  • Midas Mulligan
  • Dr. Hendricks
  • Quentin Daniels
  • Dwight Sanders
  • Dick McNamara
  • Ellis Wyatt
  • Ted Nielsen (mentioned as lumberjack)
  • Roger Marsh (mentioned as cabbage tycoon)
  • Andrew Stockton
  • Ken Danagger
  • Richard Halley (mentioned)
  • Judge Narragansett

• Mysteries:
  • “I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” John Galt tells Dagny that quote is a secret and he doesn’t mind telling it to her because he knows that she “won’t pronounce those words until you [Dagny] mean them the way I intended them to be meant.” How did he intend for it to be meant?

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Section 312: Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 2

• Plot summary:
• Dagny goes to dinner at Midas Mulligans house where Galt and the others explain to her that they are all on strike

. At the end of dinner, Dagny goes home with John Galt and spends the night at his house in “a room he never intended her to occupy”.

• The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
  • The Colorado Valley
    • Midas Mulligan’s home
    • John Galt’s home
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt
  • Midas Mulligan
  • Ellis Wyatt
  • Ken Danagger
  • Hugh Akston
  • Dr. Hendricks
  • Quentin Daniels
  • Richard Halley
  • Judge Narragansett
• Mysteries:
  • Is John Galt a labor worker for Taggart Transcontinental?
  • Why does John Galt say to Dagny, “This is the room I never intended you to occupy”. but then let her sleep there?

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CHAPTER TWO: The Utopia of Greed

Section 321: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 1

• Plot summary:
• Dagny has breakfast with John Galt and Ragnar Danneskjold. She learns that Danneskjold is married to Kay Ludlow and that they were married four years ago by Judge Narragansett. She also talks with John Galt about how long she plans to stay in the Colorado Valley and John tells her he has already decided she will stay for one month.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt
  • Ragnar Danneskjold
  • Kay Ludlow (mentioned)

Section 322: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 2

• Plot summary:
• Owen Kellogg tells Dagny that everyone in the “outside world” thought she was dead. Dagny also thought about Hank Rearden a few times, but those thoughts and feelings went away every time she saw John Galts face. Francisco tells Dagny how much he loves her and will always love her.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt
  • Owen Kellogg
  • Francisco d’Anconia
• Mysteries:
  • Why do Dagny’s feelings about Hank Rearden go away as soon as she sees John Galt?

Section 323: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 3

• Plot summary:
• Francisco talks to Dagny about the “rebirth of d’Anconia Copper”. He tells her that to start this “rebirth” he needs to start out again here in he Colorado Valley, so he bought land from Midas to start. Dagny realizes that she is in love with John Galt and that he has everything she is looking for.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Francisco d’Anconia
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt

Section 324: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 4

• Plot summary:
  • Dagny speaks with various residents of Galt's Gulch: Richard Halley and Kay Ludlow explain their opinions on art, music, and stage performance. An unnamed mother describes raising her two sons as a "profession". Dr. Akston reminisces about teaching the young John, Francisco, and Ragnar at university.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Richard Halley
  • Dagny Taggart
  • Kay Ludlow
  • The Wife and children of Dick McNamara
  • Hugh Akston
  • John Galt
  • Francisco d’Anconia
  • Ragnar Danneskjold

Section 325: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 5

• Plot summary:
  • Francisco takes Dagny and John Galt to see the first d’Anconia mine of Galt's Gulch. Later, a small private plane is seen flying search patterns over the Gulch, though the community remains hidden by the giant holographic ray screen. The plane eventually moves on. Dagny anxiously presumes the pilot is Hank Rearden, searching for the wreckage of her own missing aircraft.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • Francisco d’Anconia
  • John Galt
  • Hank Rearden
  • Minor appearances:
    • Lawrence Hammond
    • Dwight Sanders

Section 326: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 6

• Plot summary:
  • Dagny decides to return to the "outside world" to save her railroad. Galt announces he will follow, though remain hidden, watching and waiting for Dagny's decision to return. Mulligan, Akston, and Francisco voice disagreement with Galt's decision to leave, citing the dangers of the collapsing society outside, but they also voice respect for his choice.
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt
  • Midas Mulligan
  • Hugh Akston
  • Francisco d’Anconia

Section 327: Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 7

• Plot summary:
  • Galt flies Dagny, blindfolded, back to the "outside world".
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Dagny Taggart
  • John Galt

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CHAPTER THREE: Anti-Greed

Section 331: Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 1

• Plot summary:
  • Entry
• The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
  • Entry
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Entry

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CHAPTER FOUR: Anti-Life

Section 341: Part 3, Chapter 4, Section 1

• Plot summary:
  • Entry
• The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
  • Entry
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:

Dagny James Taggart Cherryl(James's wife)

CHAPTER FIVE: Their Brothers' Keepers

Section 351: Part 3, Chapter 5, Section 1

• Plot summary:
  • Entry
• The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
  • Entry
• The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
  • Entry

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See Also: Structure, Part 1: Chapters 1-5, Part 1: Chapters 6-10, Part 2: Chapters 1-5, Part 2: Chapters 6-10, Part 3: Chapters 1-5, Part 3: Chapters 6-10