Applies Karen Horney's theories of neurotic personalities to the character portrayals in the fiction of Ayn Rand, and compares the two texts. (DS)

Because of their interest in naturalism and socialism, critics often overlook the major intellectual conflict in Jack London's work: the paradox of individualism. London regards society as affecting the individual in two ways: it either promotes individuality or it demands a conformity that undermines individualism. When society fails Buck in…