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Racism In American Literature
2,106 wordsRacism in American Literature and Modern Life I believe that racism will always exist in the society, for it is humans nature, that a person who is not like us is viewed with suspicion or even hostility. Some suppose, that racism is inherent in people as much as xenophobia is peculiar to them. But xenophobia is spontaneous and sporadic, and racism implies some connected complex of views. The history of racism goes back to the era of great geographical discoveries. There may be even named the exa...
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J P Morgan E L Doctorow
1,023 wordsMuckraking in the Novel by E. L. Doctorow Ragtime The novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow addresses the themes of power of some people over another. The novel war written in 1970 s and addresses the events of the beginning of the twentieth century, but some of the topic arisen by the author remain relevant until today. One of the key themes in the novel Ragtime is power abuse and exploration its origins. E. L. Doctorow exposes people who use their power and back up ethnic and social antagonism in th...
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Booker T Washington Coalhouse Walker
2,379 wordsJess Brock American History Script Ragtime Tape Recorded Book Report March 20, 1999 Jess Brock This is Jess Brock, with Real News. I am in front of the Pierpont Morgan property in Manhattan where Coalhouse Walker and a troupe if young Negroes have moved into the Morgan Library after escalating events in the past few weeks. Im going to tell you the scene here. There is an enormous crater in front of the library stairs, caused by a blast during Mr. Walkers break in. It is oddly quiet here. Most of...
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E L Doctorow Turn Of The Century
2,612 wordsE. L. Doctorow's Ragtime and the Rise of Womens Liberation One of the central themes of E. L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime is the transformation of the leading female character of the novel from stereotypical repressed Victorian women into liberated and even feminist heroines. Doctorow's choice of the womens movement as a theme is appropriate to the period of his novel, which is set in the decade between l 906 and l 9 l 5. This was an heroic period in the womens movement, and the newspapers and book...
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Booker T Washington E L Doctorow
1,370 wordsIn 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 i...
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