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Monday, July 28, 2014

Allison Burnsed - Ragtime

I chose Ragtime because it was the only book on the list that I am somewhat familiar with. I have heard of the musical, and have been wanting to watch it. So, when I saw that we had to both read the book and watch the movie for this assignment, this could be my excuse to finally see it! One of my favorite parts of this story is that it combines both fictional and factual characters. My favorite character is 'the Little Boy', or Mother and Father's son. He is very intelligent and curious; and I believe he is meant to be a representative of future Americans. Ragtime shows that changes happen whether you like them to or not (in America, specifically) and how characters prosper and develop because of their reactions to the adjustment. Overall, I thought it was a great story and demonstrated the difficulty of change very well.
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Mcapush said...

Allison,
I love how you connect 'the little boy' to future Americans. It is definitely something that I never saw, but is now blatantly obvious. Also, seeing how a person's reaction to the change that is happening effects themselves is one thing that I loved about the story.

-Ryan Payton

July 29, 2014 at 9:23 PM

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