Essays Tagged: "el doctorow"
Ragtime-themes and motifs.
In the classic E.L. Doctorow novel, Ragtime, we see the combination of many motifs to represent Doctorow's view of the early century ... view of the early century. 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 rebi ... , racial tension, and high randomness of events. By uniting history and fiction Doctorow allows himself to write a semi-accurate interpretation of the early 1900's while also being able to strongly ex ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Ragtime
holds yet it is the tune that keeps some people living. In Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow, America is developing itself and so are the people in it because the times are changing there are many historical ... me doesn't evolve around one event in history it takes in the perspective Ragtime begins in New Rochelle, New York where some families are booming with money, yet not to far away in another area of Ne ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Many of the subplots from the steelworkers' strikes through the description of the tenement life in New York tie into Emma Goldman's ... life in New York tie into Emma Goldman's quote. The entire quote carries the theme of the book so well as to offer an alternative to the existence of humans around the turn of the century. In almost ... ter, we find suffering and inequality among the people. This paper describes a handful of examples relating to Emma Goldman's reference to the human tragedy of the era of industrialization.E.L. Doctor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Ragtime by E.L.Doctorow
face, high cheekbones, large dark eyes and neat moustache". He is rather rich as he drives a new model T-Ford and describing him the author uses a metaphor "was dressed in the affection of wealth" to ... him the author uses a metaphor "was dressed in the affection of wealth" to emphasize that he is a well-off man.As for Sarah the author doesn't give her direct description, we only know that she is yo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature