Ragtime

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of him. There is much humor and irony in Doctorow's treatment of America (Rollyson).Doctorow explain that the destruction of Coalhouse's car symbolize that the American dream is destroyed. It does not stop there though; another example is Coalhouse's girlfriend Sarah whose is black tries to intervene on Coalhouse behalf by pleading with the government on the matter of Coalhouse's treatment. The guard assumes that "Sarah's black hand was a weapon. A militiaman stepped forward and, with the deadly officiousness of armed men who protect the famous, brought the butt of his Springfield against Sarah's crest as hard as he cold" (Doctorow,191). Sarah died at the end of the week. This led Coalhouse Walker to retaliate by taking over the J. P. Morgan Library, a museum containing unique cultural and historical resources. Also he killed several people in his anger along with other black people. Although it might be argued that Doctorow is attempting to portray mimetically the kinds of ...

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with little respect or known as house wives. Emma Goldman in Ragtime is a real life women suffrage revolutionary who stands for liberty, harmony and true social justice. Goldman points out what women cannot do, "women may not vote, they may not love whom they want, they may not develop their minds and their spirit, they cannot commit their mind to spiritual adventure of life, comrades of life, they may not!"Goldman and Doctorow believe that women should not live their lives in a manner that satisfies that sexual appeal of men, but that they should live in the manner that nature intends (Doctorow, 53-54). Goldman is very critical of Evelyn Nesbit, who also is a factual character; Goldman ...

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