The fountain head by Ayn Rand is a book that really made me feel conflicted inside. It showed how society makes you conform to what they want and everything is a power struggle. You can't step on others to get ahead but you must get ahead somehow. I honesty hate Rand because she is a hypocrite but love her because she shows the flaws in society so well. No matter what, to get to the top, you must step on others. Even if you don't mean to it has to happen , someone has to fall. It's like in movies or stories or legends, when you save a life a life has to be given. But this is when you move up, someone has to fall. Rand made it seem like it would be so easy not to step on others but it isn't. It's survival of the fittest. A weak beta wolf is the beta for a reason. The alpha stepped on top of that wolf because it was better. Life is like that and no matter what, good intentions and all, you must have someone fall if you ever want to reach the top. I'm not saying you should purposely go out and knock people down anyway possible, but just know that if you want to be king of the hill you're somehow going to have to get up there.