Tateh is a poor immigrant who leaves his wife after she resorts to prostitution so that rent payments may be met. What specific element related to the subplot of Tateh speaks to the hypocrisy of certain anti-immigrant agendas? In the aftermath of the violence stemming from that radicalization, the narrator informs the reader that the conventional wisdom held that “Coalhouse Walker had never exhausted the peaceful and legal means of redress before taking the law into his own hands.” He then goes on to redress this widely held presumption: “This is not entirely true.” In fact, it is not the actions of the firefighters which directly leads to Walker’s violence, but rather an incident in which the element of racism involved is ambiguous, but not the element of unnecessary violent reaction: the ultimately fatal police attack of an unarmed Sarah when she rushes to the Presidential candidate to plead Walker’s case, but is mistaken for an assassin. But even after Chief Conklin’s despicable actions and the exhibition of systematic corruption which follows, Walker’s reactions remains entirely within the confines of that system. From that point on much of the narrative is directed toward the subplot of Walker’s fight against prejudice, discrimination and racism. What is the event which radicalizes Coalhouse Walker to take actions some might describe as terrorism?Īrguably, the central singular act of the narrative which can be identified as the turning point of the “plot” such as it is would be the vandalizing of Coalhouse Walker’s car. In consideration of the novel’s overall ironic tone, the epigraph seems to serve the purpose of suggesting that the natural construction of the book’s reading pace should be consciously decelerated by the reader. In addition, the future events are often telegraphed by the author through allusion or even sometimes an outright explicit indication, a technique which serves to push the reader’s interest forward. The length of the typical chapter is, in fact, just a few pages, giving it a quick pace. While it is hardly a slim volume, it is significantly less bulky than most novels with as many chapters. It is a book comprised of forty chapters. The novel commences with an epigraph, a quote from the Father of Ragtime, Scott Joplin: “Do not play this piece fast It is never right to play Ragtime fast” Ragtime is a novel defined in part by its pace. What is the significance of the author choosing to open Ragtime with its epigraph? We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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