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Summary Of The Man Nobody Knows By Bruce Barton

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The Journey to Sucess The Man Nobody Knows, by Bruce Barton is a concise modern version of Jesus’s journey to Jerusalem. Barton’s depiction of a Jesus gained much fame during his stay in and around Jerusalem as he gave speeches and healed people through his special powers. His powerful speeches were driven by Jesus’s self-confidence and powerful attitude. The way he convinced people was not seen before. The whole storyline is about young Jesus who rose from hardship. Before he was praised, he worked long days, slept outside, and traveled long distances on foot. However, his rise to fame, mirrors the morals of a modern day business executives path to success. Chapter by chapter it follows the growth of Jesus and how he became “the most popular …show more content…

The first chapter, ‘The Executive,’ Barton describes his journey to Jerusalem and the people he met. He also explains president Abraham Lincoln’s leadership style. In the second chapter, ‘The Outdoor Man,’ the author depicts the hardship that Jesus went through as a childe. He worked in the carpentry shop with his father. He also often went to church to heal and cure people. The third chapter, ‘The Sociable Man,’ challenges the idea that no one has seen Jesus laugh and have a fun time. Barton defends Jesus by bringing up the wedding at Cana as evidence of Jesus’ enjoyment of life. The fourth chapter, ‘The Method,’ shares his views on the methods of how Jesus took on an impossible challenge. He took 12 uneducated men into his organization and made it the most powerful. The fifth chapter, ‘His Advertisements,’ Barton shares how Jesus’ secret to fame was advertisement, and that came in …show more content…

It is in parallel with what is happening during modernization of the world. I think that this novel is a turning point in the period where the Ku Klux Klan was a revolt against modern life to the dawn of the modern era. Eric Foner describes in Give Me Liberty, that even though Americans embraced modern culture many also found it disturbing. As a result the emergence of anti-racial groups like the Ku Klux Klan occurred (Foner, 791-792). Their goal was clearly to go against modernization. Controversially, The Man Nobody Knows, describes a person who has gone from nothing to everything. He is the definition of a success story. I believe Barton’s goal with the novel is to convey that through hard work it is possible to become successful. This confidence in success, I believe, comes from modernization. Without modernism, there wouldn’t be the ideology of being better and doing better. Becoming a business entrepreneur comes from the idea of modernizing. Controversially, the Ku Klux Klan and the prohibition of alcohol are examples of maintaining the country. Barton’s story transitions from the culture wars into the modernized world, starting with the Harlem Renaissance, where for the first black artist were freed from their constrains and could become writers and actors. This lead to performances and pieces of literature that were written by black people about their experiences during slavery. (Foner,

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