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A 3 page paper which examines what Horatio Alger's recipe for success is as seen in "Ragged Dick" and "Mark, the Match Boy." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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about boys who grew up on the streets and eventually succeeded and became something more by the end of the story. The following paper examines what Horatio Algers recipe for
success was in relationship to his novels "Ragged Dick" and "Mark, the Match Boy." Recipe for Success "Hero Ragged Dick is a homeless fourteen-year-old bootblack, known to be an
honest young man. He is generous and industrious, but he is a spendthrift" (Return to the The Novels of Horatio Alger, Jr.). He is considered to be a handsome boy
who looks like he belongs in the aristocracy. He is a boy of the streets, however, and as such does not have much of anything. He is given a few
opportunities to learn, however, and he takes respectful advantage of them, appreciating them. Despite the fact that Dick is from the streets, he is wise it seems, has street smarts,
but is also a boy who knows the importance of diligence, hard work, and honesty. He is a young man of integrity and honor. These are what make him succeed
and get the good things in life. Algers work argues, in this sense, that anyone from anywhere can get ahead if they are noble and honest. Towards the end we
see this very clearly as Dick is on a boat and a boy falls in the river. Dick jumps in and saves him and it turns out that the father
of the boy is incredibly wealthy and gives Dick a really good job. He then takes the name Richard instead of Dick and "Richard returns home to find that Mickey
Maguire has entered his room and stolen his old tattered clothes. With this final event, Richard is cut off from the old vagabond life which he hoped never to resume
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