may strive for a simple life‚ its attainment might not be possible. In the book Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow‚ a father who likes to read articles to the family during dinner‚ is the perfect example of this kind of character. He has a family of five. However‚ big changes occur in his family. An ordinary life is all he seeks‚ but the world keeps challenging him with changes that completely destroy him. His experiences in Ragtime represent the life and value system of middle/upper class men at the turn of
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RAGTIME‚ MY TIME by A.F White Comprehension test Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences and in your own words. 1. In two or three sentences‚ write the main idea of this article. * This article talks about the racism issue that the author had to deal with‚ he tells us a personal story that he had to went through because he is a black men. 2. According to the way the author was raised‚ what did he believe would bring people respect? * He believed that qualities
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December 13‚ 2012 Jazz Music: The Back Story of a “Well Known” Era Everyone has heard or at least has heard of Jazz music. The bands‚ the singers‚ and the instruments make you want to get up and start dancing! Jazz music has been around longer than you would think and is still a very popular type of music today. But do people know of the back story? How jazz started out‚ how it matured or even how today‚ it is used in different ways in music that you might not even notice? Not really. Jazz music may be
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The controversy involving the question of Fusions belonging in the Jazz genre parallels the age old question concerning new forms of music fitting into existing musical paradigms. In examining the question of Fusion belonging to the Jazz genre‚ one observes that various critics in the jazz community perceived jazz music "as” high art” in contrast with the more commercial and less sophisticated rock music which Fusion merges with. “It is just noise‚” it has no melody” and “you cannot have artistic
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For many immigrants moving to America‚ their ultimate goal is to achieve the American Dream. For many of the characters within the historical fiction‚ Ragtime‚ written by E. L. Doctorow‚ they are also striving for the American Dream. There are also characters who have achieved the American Dream or had become the symbol for the American Dream. For Tateh‚ a Jewish immigrant‚ he managed to achieve the American Dream‚ however‚ he has sacrificed... His first sacrifice was the abandonment of his wife
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The Jazz Age lasted from 1915-1935‚ and the music created during that time period has left a lasting impression on American pop culture. The music still has a large fan base‚ and can be found in numerous books and movies. Biographies and movies have been made about people like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington‚ who made huge contributions to jazz. However‚ many of jazz artists from that time period died without much money or fame. Jazz originated in New Orleans‚ and traveled on to Chicago and New
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Ragtime By E.L. Doctorow The setting of the book takes place in New Rochelle‚ New York in the 1902 during what is known as the progressive era. The two main characters are Mother and Father. They own a family business that sells fireworks and patriotic items. When Father goes off on the first expedition to the North Pole times change‚ women become very active in the society. When he returns he see how independent is wife and son has become leaving him feeling depressed and helpless. They are married
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The King of Jazz “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Everyday I find something creative to do with my life” (Davis 4). Miles Davis is the individual that made jazz the way it is today. Miles Davis still is a leading and influential figure in jazz ( Davis 1). When most people hear the word trumpet‚ they automatically picture Miles. His weird personality and his bizarre characteristics‚ make him a legend in the music scene. Davis explored many different
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Jazz Concert Review #2 I attended a jazz concert on November 3rd at the Frontenac Grill. The band‚ Joe Bozzi and I‚ played all kinds of music for us while this place was filled with various groups of people eating‚ drinking and chatting. This band played their songs by using three guitars‚ drums‚ saxophone‚ trumpet‚ xylophone and the piano throughout the whole entire time. The first song called‚ “Through the Eyes of Love‚” was played from the movie called The Ice Castles. This song started off
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James Baldwin ’s essay "Sonny ’s Blues" is a story of the struggle of a jazz musician‚ Sonny‚ growing up in the harlem renaissance. It is told by the musician ’s brother who takes Sonny into his own home after being released from heroin rehabilitation. The story examines Sonny ’s path as a musician but has an underlying theme of the suffrage and attempted escape of Harlem residents at this point in history. Baldwin justifies Sonny ’s drug habit by showing empathy for his struggle to obtain creative
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