Ayn Rand was truly an extraordinary woman and accomplished an amazing feat throughout her career and her philosophy continues to influence the lives of many people. Through his works of fiction and his essays later in his life he discovered an entirely new philosophy, a philosophy for living on earth. This vision has inspired countless people to take charge of their lives. Alissa Rosenbaum (Ayn Rand) was born on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was the eldest of three sisters and her father, Zinovy ​​Rosenbaum, was a successful pharmacist and businessman who owned his own pharmacy, Ayn and her family lived a wealthy life. Early in her life, Ayn found school unchallenging and found refuge in writing screenplays at the age of six and novels at the age of eight. At a young age Ayn also devoted himself to politics by supporting republican ideas. In 1917, at the age of 12, from his balcony he witnessed firsthand the first twists and turns of the Russian Revolution. Overnight, his family was reduced to poverty as communist thugs confiscated his father's pharmacy. This disrupted the comfortable life her family enjoyed, and she and her family were forced to flee from St. Petersburg to the Crimean Peninsula, which was initially under the control of the White Army during the Civil War. While attending high school she became an atheist, as she valued reason above all else due to the revolution and the fact that she and her family were repressed as individuals. Witnessing this brutal civil war shaped her beliefs as she realized that the government was taking away her right to think and be an individual. After attending high school far from home, she graduated at age 16 and returned to St. Petersburg where... middle of paper... they are suppressed due to collectivism or simply as an individual they will claw and fight always for their own freedom and the individual will always declare their purpose in life. Overall Any Rand is an extraordinary individual with an extraordinary philosophy for living on earth. In every novel he wrote he put his philosophy of objectivism as the centerpiece of each one. Rand wrote so much about wanting people to be selfish, but to be selfish in a way where you follow reason and not faith and work hard to achieve a meaningful life. As well as making your happiness your main priority and learning from others by treating them as individuals. Ayn Rand was so dedicated to her philosophy and dedicated her life to making her point of view known to people that ultimately all she wanted was for people to know that her philosophy was the key to living on earth day in and day out.