The Rag

Rags to Riches Money and fame drove women in the 1920s, making them desperate and capable of doing anything possible to achieve their ambitions. The needy and corrupt lives of women as well as the effect their actions have on people close to them are shown in both the novel, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald and the film Chicago by Rob Marshall. Women in the 1920s chose the life they lived, whether it consisted of independence or being dependent. When women are attached to men they seem…

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie’s life embodies the true American rags to riches story. Andrew Carnegie was the son of a man with many struggles to find jobs. Due to his father’s struggles, Andrew Carnegie began to work at many different jobs; he worked in two factories before he found a stable job at a railroad company. Andrew Carnegie rose through the ranks at the company until becoming the secretary for the superintendent. His many trips to England brought his eye to steel which would later…

Ragtime Jazz is considered the first completely American Music. As mentioned before ragtime jazz was popular towards the end of the 19th century and about two decades of the twentieth century. Musical Characteristics: Ragtime Jazz is structured in a way that is similar to the march. this music style’s use of syncopation is what makes it distinguishable. Ragtime Jazz is lively and springy and is ideal to dance for, much like todays music. The name “Ragtime Jazz” is believed to be a contraction…

In the inspirational film The Blind Side, the rags to riches archetype is very apparent and has a great affect on the characters and plot of this movie. This movie is about a 17 year-old boy named Michael Oher. Michael has been in foster care in Memphis, Tennessee, since he was a young boy. He was separated from his family due to his mother’s drug addiction. At the beginning of the movie Michael’s friend's father asks the coach of Wingate Christian School to help enroll his son and Michael. The…

Ragtime can also be related to “Negro” songs or influenced songs, not from the words or tune but by the form. In ragtime the composer/performer plays part of the leader and the chorus, rag is also open-ended music also was during the era where music was not written down. Ragtime is during the early 90’s, comes from ragged rhythmic patterns. Scott Joplin was not a practical man, he created this music in hope of creating a new African-American…

puts more shackles on Janie’s freedom. “The business of the head-rag irked her endlessly. But Joe was set on it. Her hair was NOT going to show in the store. It didn’t seem sensible at all. That was because Joe never told Janie how jealous he was. He never told her how often he had seen the other men figuratively wallowing in it as she went about things in the store.” (Page 55). Although Janie did not want to be wearing this head-rag, she was forced to by her husband. "Whut make her keep her…

consisted of stuffing a rag in Santiago’s mouth, duct tapping his mouth and then his legs. Moreover both eventually considered shaving his head. The attack was so bad, it eventually lead…

considered his music as the American classical music close to the pieces of Mozart or Chopin. Joplin’s classical ragtime is a reminiscent of Chopin’s song because it is beautiful not only structurally, but also melodically. For instance, Joplin’s Stoptime Rag has a rhythm of soft foot tapping, which makes audiences to move their bodies to the rhythm. Furthermore, the reason why ragtime could develop during the beginning of the twentieth century is because ragtime was enjoyed by white American.…

endure or live through” (“rough”) indicates that Huck is not satisfied with his stay there due to all the rules that the widow makes him follow. Huck has not been subject to these rules, so it is normal for him to rebel and gets into his “old rags.” These “old rags” are a symbol of Huck’s life before living with the Widow, which he found fulfilling.…

and tears apart her rag doll. When Baby comes back she is devastated about Jules’s actions: “There, lying on the floor was my rag doll, its arms and legs ripped off. I dropped to my knees and picked her pieces up...That rag doll had been like a miracle to me. It had reminded me that I’d been loved by a mother. Now I was nothing, a real nobody” (O’Neill 119). Baby is really hurt by Jules’s actions as the rag doll is the most and only and meaningful thing that she has. The rag doll is believed to…