In The Rye, I picked up a copy of Ayn Rand's Anthem .
Anthem tells of the rediscovery of ego.
The remainder of my high school years included The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged . Rand's works had a singular appeal to me in the 1960's. In a world in which everything was seemingly being relegated to a matter of relativity, Rand was sure . She was sure her opinions were more than mere opinions. She was not always right as it turned out, but she was always certain.