![]() ![]() He stalks Evelyn, who he believes himself in love with, until she notices him and agrees to a date. Mother's Younger Brother is idealistic, impulsive, and impressionable. After Father's death, she remarries Tateh. Throughout the novel, she redefines her understanding of sexuality and finds freedom in embracing her sexual nature. ![]() When Father returns, she realizes that she does not feel romantic love for him. She also loses some of her adoration for her husband when she realizes how easy the business is to run. Mother decides to care for the abandoned Black baby and his mother. Motherįather's wife, Mother takes control of the household and business in his absence. 3 - Father provides for his family by producing patriotic objects like fireworks and flags. When he returns, he feels alienated from his family and is uncomfortable that a Black family is essentially living in his home.įig. Father is absent for a section of the novel as he is away exploring the Arctic. He had to carve out a spot for himself in the business world and made his family wealthy by selling symbols of patriotism like fireworks and flags. Ragtime Charactersįather is the patriarch of his upper-class family living in New York. Lusitania, and Mother and Tateh marry and raise the children in California. Mother's Younger Brother flees to Mexico where he eventually dies, Father dies in the sinking of the U.S.S. 2 - Coalhouse seeks revenge on the racist fire department after they destroy his car. Washington and Father help Coalhouse negotiate new terms, but as Coalhouse surrenders to the authorities, he is shot and killed.įig. Morgan's library and hold the contents for ransom until Coalhouse's truck is returned and the fire crew leader is turned over to him. He and his followers decide to break into J.P. Intent on revenge, Coalhouse amasses a following (including Mother's Younger Brother) and bombs the firehouse, killing firemen in the process. They meet Tateh and his daughter there, and the little boy and little girl become close. Mother and Father flee to Atlantic City with the little boy to avoid the fallout. The guards protecting the Vice President think she is an assassin, so they hit her in the chest with a gun. He refuses to marry Sarah until his car is fixed, so Sarah decides to petition the Vice President, who is in town. Coalhouse first pursues legal action but cannot find a lawyer who will represent him. One day as Coalhouse is driving to New York, a racist group of firemen block his path and wreck his Model-T Ford. 1 - Mother unofficially adopts Sarah's baby and raises him. Father is uncomfortable with Coalhouse in his home, and Mother feels stifled by her husband's return.įig. Father comes back from his expedition, and he and Mother begin to resent one another. Although Sarah initially refuses to see him, Coalhouse eventually woos her and earns the family's respect by playing ragtime music on the piano. ![]() The baby's father, a Black musician named Coalhouse Walker, visits Sarah at Father and Mother's house often and insistently asks her to marry him. Mother opens her home to the boy's mother, Sarah, as well. Mother finds an abandoned Black baby in her backyard and takes the boy in instead of reporting the incident to the authorities. "Tateh" means daddy and "Mameh" means mommy in Yiddish.īack in New York, Evelyn and Mother's Younger Brother break up. In Philadelphia, Tateh sells a movie idea to a novelty company and becomes a movie director. Tateh and the little girl leave New York, traveling along the East Coast. Meanwhile, Mother's Younger Brother stalks Evelyn and the two start dating. When the girl gets sick, Evelyn takes care of her. The little girl's parents have recently split because her mother (Mameh) had sex with her employer to make ends meet, so the girl's father (Tateh) is raising her alone. Mother's Younger Brother is obsessed with the actress Evelyn Nesbit, Father leaves on a trip to explore the Arctic with real-life explorer Robert Peary, and Mother finds a new sense of freedom and leadership as she takes over as the head of household in Father's absence.Įvelyn becomes quite fond of the daughter of an immigrant family, who she meets while visiting the Lower East Side. An upper-class family consisting of Father, Mother, Mother's Younger Brother, Grandfather, and the little boy own a company producing flags and fireworks. Ragtime begins in New York at the turn of the 20th century. Ragtime features three families from vastly different backgrounds whose lives are inextricably woven together as they navigate the changing world at the turn of the 20th century. Doctorow (1931-2015) is a novel about oppression, social change, and the search for stability in a rapidly evolving world. Named one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library, Ragtime (1975) by American novelist E. ![]()
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