Back in Action

After some confusion that had to do with temporary gmail accounts and things of that nature, I think i have figured out how to log into my blog again. After a heavy dose of Ragtime, I think I'm finally starting to really get into it. It is certainly an unusual style of narration with a meandering narrative. In Ragtime Doctorov seems to present a third person narration that, from I can discern in my early readings, similar to Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in that the narrator, although more subtly, gains a consciousness as the novel progresses. Interestingly, while Protrait's characters are Irish and there is a focus on the struggle for freedom, in Ragtime, which is set later in history, there are immigrants, some of which are Irish, also struggling for freedom via class mobility. So although the time and location has changed, the struggle still persists. As I mentioned though, I'm am not yet far enough into Ragtime to fully flesh out any parallels between the two aforementioned novels. And on that note I'll leave you with a picture of James Joyce looking like a boss and get back to reading.

(Image taken from http://biblioklept.org/2008/09/22/james-joyce-reads-you-listen/)