Ayn Rand Visit Is Unreal

Reading 'Old School' chapter of Ayn Rand's visit to the school, the narrator is hit with one reality that he may have never agreed to or thought of as reality. Being a great admirer of Ernest Hemingway and his way for literature and style of writing, the narrator hears another perspective of a personality, being Ayn Rands that contradicts that of Ernest Hemingway. She believes that she has nothing to regret to and never will because she is and always has been rational towards her actions. It is further illustrated through her books with heros, that upon reading, may not agree to Rand's perspective but definitely describe an irrational truth of literature.
The narrator denies to accept this perspective because I believe he is influenced for his admiration for a writer that he has never seen but only write.