Atlas Shrugged Part I, Chapter 6: The Non-Commercial - A Party Full of Parasites
Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (35th Anniversary Edition, ISBN: 9781101137192)
If the last chapter was about falling in love with Francisco d’Anconia, this one is about watching Hank Rearden suffer through a party full of people who hate everything he stands for. And it is painful. In a good way.