Analysis “Ragtime” is a novel set in America at the beginning of this century. Its characters reflect all that is most significant and dramatic in America’s last hundred years. The author‚ E.L. Doctorow‚ an American writer‚ is famous for his novels which include “Welcome to Hard Times” and “The book of Daniel” which was nominated for a national Book Award. The story “Ragtime” is written in the third person narration. The narrator is omniscient and unobtrusive as he doesn’t interfere and doesn’t
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Text Analysis Ragtime I am going to tell you about an extract from E.L. Doctorow’s novel “Ragtime”. In the 1920’s Ragtime was a form of music‚ song and dance of black US origin. We can distinctly see the structure of the text: its exposition‚ the story‚ climax and denouement. In the exposition a Negro man who was looking for a young woman named Sarah is described. He was driving along the street in a new car which was shining and gleaming trying to find the needed address. He was dressed
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Edgar Lawrence Doctorow‚ a notable figure amongst novelists who had written some of the best literature we have read; Sweet Land Stories and All the Time in the World had once quoted‚ “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” Though some individuals are blessed with the gift of writing‚ students at a second language level in English may find it not so easy. An idea that we believe in which is deeply inspired by an outstanding poet‚ Sylvia Plath‚ is that writing should
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Desperation drives Marcus to sign or do anything to escape the prison “I begged to be allowed to sign the papers” (Doctorow 23). Marcus would sign anything to gain his freedom‚ Marcus broke from the psychological torture and did something that went against his character. Marcus and the torture he endured at the so called prison can be compared to torture used in modern
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In the classic E.L. Doctorow novel‚ Ragtime‚ we see the juxtaposition of many motifs to represent Doctorow’s view of the early century. By combining history and fiction Doctorow allows himself to write a semi-accurate interpretation of the early 1900’s while also being able to strongly express his own biases and opinions of the era. The biggest‚ and perhaps most important theme Doctorow applies in the novel is social tension‚ or the battle of the rich versus the poor. Other important themes include
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ratifying the laptop‚ and showed his love for it with statements like “I never thought I’d be paid to write code‚”(Doctorow 154). Marcus was held in a secret prison alone in a cell where he was tortured. In San Francisco‚ to punish the riotting XNetters‚ the police would rain pepperspray
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In “Little Brother”‚ a novel written by Cory Doctorow‚ there seem to be many themes that are based mostly along the lines of the rights of U.S. citizens‚ national security‚ and how that security is carried out. Privacy is one of the main recurring themes and is brought up quite often throughout the novel. On multiple occasions‚ the privacy of the main character‚ as well as that of several minor characters‚ is taken away by the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack. This seems to
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Ragtime‚ E.L. Doctorow unabashedly exposes some of the worst aspects of American life in our more recent history. Doctorow doesn’t hold back anything‚ providing detailed examples of human cruelty and sacrifice‚ and the evolution of American society. While critiquing American society was not the sole purpose of his novel‚ Doctorow does expose and examine many issues that people tended to ignore like the impoverished immigrant working class‚ racism‚ and feminism. The emphasis Doctorow places on
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Money Does Not Buy Happiness In Ragtime‚ a famous piece of American literature written by E.L. Doctorow‚ Father suffers the fate of being unsuccessful. It seems that Father’s character is depicted by Doctorow as an extremely ordinary upper-class American of the 1920’s. He’s conservative‚ fairly wealthy‚ sexist‚ and racist. He’s an explorer‚ an entrepreneur‚ and a patriot. Doctorow uses Father to show us that success certainly cannot be found through money‚ and for that matter‚ fitting in with
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