MYB vs Thor Wintergreen
After reading Ragtime, Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo seemed vastly different from the stories of Houdini, Coalhouse Walker, Tateh, and Mother and Father. So, when reading through Chapter 13, I thought it would be easy to talk about the similarities between Thor Wintergreen and Mother’s Younger Brother in a blog post. After all, Thor is the only white person in a group of minorities, and MYB is the only white person in Coalhouse Walker’s gang of African Americans. Additionally, both of their gangs are committing crimes with good intentions. However, after reading further, I realized that there were many clear distinctions between Thor and MYB. To start, it’s clear that Thor’s group looks down on him far more than MYB’s group. This is not only because Thor is white, but he’s also the son of a well-known tycoon, so Yellow Jack and Jose Fuentes believe that he has ulterior motives. In contrast, MYB’s family isn’t famous, and he is quickly integrated into the community. After Yello...