start playing — A casual call to start, often to a band.
Hit it.Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011 — 第 8 / 16 章 · 3'01" · B2
D'Anconia Warns Rearden at a Party, Explained：reputation precedes you
D'Anconia seeks Rearden out at a party, not to sell anything but to warn him. The small talk turns when he says, "I want to learn to understand you," and then argues that the people Rearden supports have one terrible weapon against him: "It's their only weapon, but it's a terrible one."
あらすじ
At a party, Francisco d'Anconia introduces himself to Hank Rearden, who tells him flatly, "I'm not a fan." Unbothered, d'Anconia says he came only to meet him and wants to understand him. He asks why Rearden carries people who would be helpless without him, and warns that they hold one terrible weapon against him.
注目の表現
pick outreputation precedes youif it wasn't forcarry someone
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このシーンの表現
reputation precedes you
your fame arrives first
D'Anconia introduces himself, and Rearden answers with a courtesy that keeps him at arm's length.
Your reputation precedes you, so I expected a tough meeting.
このシーンの他の表現
- pick out
choose carefully
- if it wasn't for
without someone
- carry someone
support someone
- make one's stand clear
state where you stand
- disarmed
people without weapons
このシーンのメモ一覧
44 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
thanks for attending
Thanks for coming.chose it carefully
I picked it out because I know that you love banana...your fame arrives first
D'Anconia introduces himself, and Rearden answers with a courtesy that keeps him at arm's length.
Your reputation precedes you, Senor D'Anconia.arrived here this evening
I came here tonight just to meet youThe t in just nearly vanishes, sounding like jus-to.
I came here tonight just to meet youwant to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.
And what did you wanna meet me for? Help me lose money?come to understand
I want to learn to understand you.Want to often compresses into wanna, almost one word.
I want to learn to understand you.abandoned and powerless
If it wasn't for you, most of these people would be left helpless.unreal conditional: The if-clause imagines a counterfactual, and would gives the opposite outcome.
If it wasn't for you, most of these people would be left helpless.ready to
Why are you willing to carry them?for your own good
You're working for your sake, not theirs. They know.state where you stand
D'Anconia calls it a battle in which each person must make his stand clear, and he sounds grave.
A battle in which one must make one's stand clear.prepositional relative: In which introduces the relative clause and equals where, defining the battle.
A battle in which one must make one's stand clear.attack the powerless
What battle? I don't fight the disarmed.The t in don't often drops before fight.
What battle? I don't fight the disarmed.as miserable as you currently are
There's a reason you're as unhappy as you are.your reason
What exactly is your motive here?the words you will need
...to give you the words you need for the time when you'll need them.contact clause: The relative that is dropped after the words, leaving the clause to follow directly.
...to give you the words you need for the time when you'll need them.enjoying yourself
Are you having a good time, Dagny?「D'Anconia Warns Rearden at a Party」を読み解く
What's really going on
Taken as conversation, this is the strangest small talk at the party. D'Anconia refuses every frame Rearden offers — no sales pitch, no fight, no flattery — and instead turns the meeting into a diagnosis. Rearden is the man everyone depends on, and D'Anconia's question, "Why are you willing to carry them?", is not admiration but a warning about what that dependence costs. His image of the "miserable children" and the "battle" in which one must "make one's stand clear" reframes Rearden's work as a war he has not noticed he is in. The lines about a weapon he cannot see — "It's their only weapon, but it's a terrible one" — and about his own unhappiness are the real payload. When Rearden asks his motive, D'Anconia answers that he is giving him "the words you need for the time when you'll need them," which is exactly what a warning is.
Theme
PowerD'Anconia warns Rearden that the people he carries hold a weapon, turning dependence into a threat.
PhilosophyThe talk is about ideas: understanding, motive, and a battle in which one must make one's stand clear.
このチャプターで学べること
- Rearden uses courtesy as a way to keep distance.
- D'Anconia praises Rearden only to corner him.
- Refusing to fight the weak is a statement of pride.
- The warning about a weapon is never spelled out.
発音のポイント
- just to — The t in just nearly vanishes, sounding like jus-to.
- want to — Want to often compresses into wanna, almost one word.
- don't fight — The t in don't often drops before fight.
Ask yourself what it is sometime.D'Anconia won't name the weapon; he leaves Rearden to work out what the powerless can use against him.
I want to learn to understand you.D'Anconia's stated reason for the meeting — not business, not flattery, but a study of how Rearden thinks and why he carries others.
If it wasn't for you, most of these people would be left helpless.The premise of the warning: Rearden is the one who keeps everyone else afloat, and that dependence is the danger.
What battle? I don't fight the disarmed.Rearden's reply: he does not see a conflict because he believes the others have no power to fight him.
...to give you the words you need for the time when you'll need them.D'Anconia's answer about his motive: the meeting is preparation, handing Rearden language for a crisis still to come.
このシーンについての質問
Why does D'Anconia seek out Rearden at the party?
He says he came only to meet Rearden and to understand him. He is not selling anything, and he turns down Rearden's assumption that the visit is about money or a deal.
Why won't D'Anconia name the weapon?
He only says it is their one weapon and a terrible one, and tells Rearden to ask himself what it is. Withholding the name is part of the warning, pushing Rearden to work it out for himself.
Why does D'Anconia say Rearden is unhappy?
He argues there is a reason for Rearden's unhappiness: he carries people who resent and depend on him, and he has not yet named the battle he is in. The line is a challenge, not sympathy.
What does "reputation precedes you" mean?
It means your fame has arrived before you did — a formal way of saying "I've heard of you." Rearden uses it to greet D'Anconia, whose name is already notorious.
Why does Rearden say he doesn't fight the disarmed?
D'Anconia has described a battle, and Rearden answers that he sees no opponent with any power. It shows his confidence that the people around him cannot really threaten him.
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