Roger Enright starts off as a coal miner but ends up making millions in the oil industry. He wants to build some apartments, and looks for months without finding the right architect for the job. He finally discovers some of Roark’s previous work and hires him within minutes of interviewing him. Roark establishes himself as a major architect in New York by landing the contract for the Enright House. Enright is very pleased with his choice, and he is delighted when the building is completed. When Dominique Francon attacks Roark’s work in her column in the Banner, Enright takes her to see the apartments to try and convince her of Roark’s talent. At the end of the novel, Enright buys the land that the Cortlandt housing project stood on and hires Roark as the architect to rebuild it. Enright, like Roark, is an independent thinker, and he remains a champion of Roark’s work.
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Roger Enright Character Timeline in The Fountainhead
The timeline below shows where the character Roger Enright appears in The Fountainhead. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Chapter 14
...However, it is often blamed for the decline of the neighborhood. Roark reads about Roger Enright in the papers—an oil millionaire who wants to build an apartment building in which each...
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Part 2: Chapter 2
That night, Roark reads in the paper that Roger Enright still hasn’t found an architect for his project. He feels a “wrench of helplessness before...
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Part 2: Chapter 4
In the papers, Keating sees Roark’s drawing for the Enright House, which looks like “a rising mass of rock crystal” with its straight lines and...
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...him but Keating suspects this isn’t true. He tells Toohey about the plans for the Enright House in the paper, and Toohey says he glanced through the paper and would have...
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Part 2: Chapter 5
...to Dominique at her office. She shows him a picture of the design for the Enright House, and Toohey says it is “as independent as an insult.” Dominique says she thinks...
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Part 2: Chapter 6
Roger Enright, who is now an oil millionaire, started life as a coal miner in Pennsylvania. No...
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Right before the construction of the Enright house, Roark meets Joel Sutton, a successful businessman who loves everyone. He wants to hire...
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Part 2: Chapter 7
A week after the party, Dominique criticizes the Enright House in her column in the Banner called “Your House.” She says that “it will...
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Part 2: Chapter 8
...friend, is angry with her and says he used to think she had integrity. Roger Enright takes her to see his house, which is under construction, in an attempt to change...
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...days later, Dominique writes in her column that she wishes a bomb would blast the Enright house out of existence. She writes that it would be “a worthy ending” rather than...
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Part 2: Chapter 10
The Enright House, which looks like “rock crystal forms mounted in […] eloquent steps,” opens in June...
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Part 4: Chapter 19
Roger Enright buys the site of the Cortlandt building, and hires Roark once again to build low-cost...
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