Most people have had a person or specific experience in their lives that has caused them to change or transform into someone new, someone stronger, someone better. To have such influences are important because they ultimately mold us into who we are. In E.L. Docotrow’s Ragtime there are more than one characters who were influenced by certain persons or encounters that helped them grow and open their minds. The story traces the ways …showed first 75 words of 1154 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1154 total…K. Thaw (her husband who she whored herself off to for money), Evelyn donated the money to help supporters of Goldman and fulfilling her own pleasures. Evelyn almost like the opposite of Mother grew away from the generalizations of a pretty young woman. She let people take advantage of her and didn’t have enough intelligence to understand the world around her. Goldman helped to change this and this is completely lost in the film