Ragtime Chapter 20 Summary

  • Ford comes to visit Morgan at his home on Madison Avenue. Adjoining the home is the Morgan Library, which holds the art and artifacts Morgan sends home on his travels.
  • Morgan tries to speak to Ford of his high minded ideas. Ford responds with an anti-Semitic remark.
  • Morgan talks about reincarnation. Ford says he agrees with reincarnation, based on a Franklin Novelty Company book he purchased for twenty-five cents. He tells Morgan he could have learned the same things without spending all that money.
  • The two men form "The Pyramid," a secret club which believes in reincarnation and which only has two members—themselves.