He is to prideful, so he waited for justice for his car, but soon Sarah gets assassinated for trying to visit the vice president and try to resolve Coalhouse problem. That all changes when fireman vandalize his fancy car. Father notices his not like other colored people, he expected him to be a violent person. In the beginning of the novel he is prideful and does not act as other African Americans. These two are the symbol of the future America.Ĭoalhouse Walker is a ragtime pianist in Harlem, and the father of Sarah’s child. The little boy who is the son of Mother and Father is open- minded of the changes in the environment. She went from being a poor immigrant to living in a house with Mother. The little girl also known as Sha goes from being a tired worker with Tateh to being happy once they are leaving New York an meets the little boy. She soon marries Tateh and takes care of the business and the children (little boy, little girl, and Sarah’s boy). Throughout the novel she realizes her own sexuality. After the trip of her husband she soon realizes she is not interested in Father and becomes less modest to Father for using her for his pleasure. Mother gives her shelter and takes care of her child. Sarah is a washwoman who has a child with Coalhouse, who she tried to bury in Mother backyard. Mother tries to keep the firework business running while Father is in his trip. Mother is fictional character that uses the absence of his husband to find her purpose and her ability to help Sarah. Doctorow compares him with the arriving immigrants in the shore and Father emotionally are the same. He finally feels completely lost to the new change. In the end he goes to a baseball game with his son and he realizes the immigrants playing in the field. He finally feels depressed for being helpless towards his mother and son. His wife known as Mother acts less modest towards Father. Once he arrives back to New York, he realizes he feels set apart from his family and the environment. All changes once he arrives from his trip from Arctic in a boat named “Roosevelt”. Being born with money, owning a firework business and having a family. He finds himself having difficult to the changes during the progressive era. In the book he uses Father, who represents the character as a standard man. The narrator is in the third person view that knows each fictional character’s own story. The author uses fictional characters to symbolize the Progressive Era to show how each character have difficulty in change, finding meaning of life and the change in technology industrialization. The book Ragtime uses many plots of different characters during the time period and makes each character cross paths with each other. The Ragtime is a historic event in the progressive era (1900s) where there was industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
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