Horatio Alger, Jr.

the emphasis Horatio Alger Jr. places on Dick Hunter. The better qualities of Dick are constantly being reminded to the reader, giving them little room to disagree with Alger’s heroic portrayal of him. Horatio Alger Jr.’s preference to homosexuality also reflects his choice in excluding any useful female characters in his novel. Minor characters lack understanding from readers because information surrounding them is absent, causing them to be judged on face value alone. Alger writes Ragged

Another theme I found helped portray the era Dick is living in is his love for the theatre. Author Horatio Alger Jr. states, “He (Dick) was fond of going to the Old Bowery Theatre.”# According to Robert W. Rydell and Rob Kroes in Buffulo Bill in Bologna, “With it’s legion of famous performances and a host of Burlesque entertainers, vaudeville, by the turn

possessions. In today’s society, we all hope and strive for this dream, but how many actually achieve the American Dream? Is it a reasonable goal that Americans should strive for, or is it a myth that only leads to self-destruction? According to Horatio Alger and Toni Cade Bambara, they both believe the concept that the American Dream

should be cultivated within the classroom. He argues “that those who command the largest educational advantages control those of inferior opportunities”. By examining the works of other authors Sumner’s law of evolution has proven to be false. Horatio Alger Jr. tells the story about a young boy named Ragged Dick. Dick was a shoe shiner in the bustling city of New York. Like all the other shoe shiner Dick was poor. He

Genre categorization is important because it helps to organize and classify movies. People make a lot of decisions based on the genre of the film; this is one of the main ways in which audiences select what movie to see. Most genres follow the same theme, story formula, setting, and story formula. If every genre followed the same set of rules one would think that after awhile these movies would become predictable and therefore lose its spark. There is also the notion that people and society change

Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger. This story follows a young boy, who through hard work, determination, self-reliance, honesty and good character went from a homeless black-boot to a respectable, high paying job.  This story is filled with examples of what life was like in New York City, telling the us what he would find and experience in it. In Ragged Dick, This was a time of progress, change and falsehood in American History. This is when people really started to chase the illusive American dream,

This is quite ironic as Thompson chose Las Vegas titled the city of sin to illustrate his experiences and the American Dream is somewhat like a Utopian land. Thompson also makes many references to Horatio Alger Jr. His reference to Alger Jr. is important to contextualize the American Dream. Alger is renowned for his "rags to riches" stories. He was responsible for the myth of the American Dream as his readers ignored the quality of his

No Nickels or Dimes Horatio Alger Jr. was an American writer during the 1800s. During this time period, Alger wrote stories about boys who went from extreme poverty to the average middle class, which is what some consider the American Dream. The stories he wrote always contained the same three elements, according to Harlon L. Dalton of Yale Law School: each of is judged solely on his or her merit; we each have a fair opportunity to develop those merits; ultimately, merit will win out. In spite of

Joe's Reward” and Mythological Elements : Mythological elements have been common in literature throughout time. Readers are so accustomed to their inclusion in literature that they often take them for granted. The “Joe's Reward” by Horatio Alger Jr. includes many mythological elements. In the story, the hero Joe battles the element of water to save a damsel in distress. Such as a quest is a common mythological theme. The reader sees him in action, rescuing the lady who has been captured by the water

There are numerous variations of the American Dream. In Ragged Dick: Street Life in New York, author Horatio Alger Jr. argues that the American Dream is to achieve success by being a respectable and hardworking person who is determined to succeed, despite one’s past or social condition. However, Edward Albee and Hunter S. Thompson do not share the same views as Horatio Alger. In the novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, first published in Rolling