Chronicles of St. Elliot

                                                             How Dana's mindset changed                                      Throughout the book Kindred I had noticed many things involving the characters, it was an interesting book and did go through a more different trajectory compared to Mumbo Jumbo and Ragtime which focused on narrating multiple characters and how their different stories would intertwine. But one thing that particularly interested me about Kindred was the main character Dana herself. As most of you know , Dana is a African-American women who lived in 1976 California and was transported to 1815 Maryland. She meets the child of a plantation owner named Rufus Weylin who she finds out to be her ancestor which she was not...

                                          My interpretation of Papa LaBas' statement about Jes Grew                                                                By: E the Chef  During last week's discussion about Mumbo Jumbo, we went over Papa LaBas' statement which he basically refers to Jes Grew as being something that will never die and continue to live on through future generations of artists. Now, I am still convinced by the notion of Jes Grew being represented as black culture. I am more so looking at this in the time from the 20th century, this is mainly because it really hammer homes the idea of this resurgence of black culture, more so musically and how it would influence America.  Jes Grew would originate...

                          When I was reading Ragtime, I saw many different characters across the book and they all had their own different stories. Most of these characters seem to fit the classical stereotype of 1910s New Yorkers such as Mother being a normal stay at home mom while her husband works a government job. But the two major characters that really stand out to me and sort of feel out-of-place in the world of Ragtime are Mothers Younger Brother and Coalhouse Walker. It was also interesting to see how both characters would interact and what they choose to do about feeling out-of-place.                Given that Ragtime takes place in 1910s New York, Coalhouse Walker's actions are something that definitely lays him ahead of this time. This was due to him being so revolted and disrespected about what Conklin and the firemen had done to his car. He had tried to resolve thi...