Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan's Bromance
An interesting part of the book Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow that stood out to me was the strange scenes introducing Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan. These two juxtaposing rich influential men of the early 1900s stand out after the previous chapters had us reading about Tateh and his daughter. Henry Ford and J.P. do go on to play a role in the more central plot line of the story. As Henry Ford's manufactured Model T was one that Coalhause drove and then was destroyed and J.P. Morgans Library was the setting for the Coalhause's break-in and final stand. Henry Ford and J.P Morgan shared some very distinct similarities, as both are very wealthy leaders in their fields of production and business and were believers in reincarnation. this shared belief is what led them to found their secret club, The Pyramid. E.L. Doctorow writes about Henry Ford in a much more serious manner. Doctorow introduces Ford's beliefs in Chapter 18 when he describes Ford as "long believed that most human b...