Summary Of The Story 'From Ragged Dick'

Money and Success When we look at someone who is successful we see that they have a hardworking job and always being busy usually working 5-6 days out of the week. . They usually have a nice house, car and other assets. They have also worked extremely hard and long to get to where they are. We also tie the American Dream to the myth of money and success and how anyone can rise from rags to riches. This text enforces the myth of money and success showing that the American Dream is possible and gives people hope in that they too could rise out of the bottom. The story of “From Ragged Dick” shows someone that did work hard but also got the luck of saving a wealthy persons son. He started out illiterate shining shoes and barely getting by. He worked hard at what he did and tried to get a better income by getting a new job in business but had no luck. It showed that he was inspired to rise above where the world had started him at and become wealthier. Then after all the unlucky attempts at filling job applications he finally got a stroke of luck with saving that boy. He would have saved the boy without
But most of them have barely any chance to actually succeed because of all the competition that it takes to overcome and some luck. “From Ragged Dick” shows how hard it is in becoming successful in the eyes of society and what kind of luck it takes to get there. Without Mr. Rockwell’s son falling off the ferry Dick would have been polishing shoes until he had another chance at getting a higher paying job and in his circumstances he would probably not get a higher paying job. Without these myths society would not be the same. There would be no drive towards becoming wealthy or getting a high paying job. Competition runs the economy and without people working hard to get up in society there would be less companies and less people having important jobs that help keep society