Dick‚ by Horatio Alger‚ is a book projected for young boys. The author‚ a late nineteenth century writer‚ is worried with social values and directing boys into a nourishing and good life. His book tells the classic rags to riches story of the
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(eventually Richard Hunter‚ Esq.) is one of the more popular characters in the fables of Horatio Alger‚ a 19th century writer of short novels promoting hard work‚ thrift‚ and cheerfulness in the face of hardship as keys to the American dream. Written just after the Civil War‚ at a time when the U.S. was rapidly industrializing and many were displaced by the resulting changes in the American economy‚ Horatio Alger’s story of Ragged Dick‚ a street urchin who rises to the middle class‚ served as a lever
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Ragged Dick Summary and Response In chapters XXVI and XXVII of the novel “Ragged Dick‚” Horatio Alger describes how the a brave heart of a young man named Richard Hunter‚ got him a good paying job and opened new opportunities for his future. Richard Hunter‚ also known as Dick‚ and his roommate Henry Fosdick‚ one day go on an excursion in a ferry boat to Brooklyn to look for new job opportunities. Once on the ferry‚ Dick witnessed a six year old boy fall from the ferry into the water. Then with
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Horatio is always been a character whose worth and importance has been disregard in the play Hamlet. Shakespeare deliberately introduces him as a minor character but his importance increases in stature through the plays progression. Shakespeare establishes Horatio as the pinnacle character‚ by whose standards and morality‚ everybody else is judged by. He embodies sanity and reason amidst our world of corruption and instability. He was basically a stranger to hamlet at the start of the play where
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accordance with the overflowing wealth in the nineteenth century many individuals held similar but yet contrasting views toward the wealth that was created in the United States. Among these individuals were Andrew Carnegie‚ Eugene V. Debs‚ and Horatio Alger. One of the best-known philanthropists was the American industrialist Andrew Carnegie‚ who devoted the latter part of his life to giving away most of the huge fortune he had amassed in the steel industry. Following the principles laid down in
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However‚ one character remains consistently pure in nearly all of his actions throughout the play. Horatio‚ the best friend and confidant to Hamlet‚ is the reason that Hamlet may be regarded as the tragic hero. If it were not for Horatio‚ Hamlet would not have a voice to mourn his death or pass his wishes for the betterment of Denmark to the next throne. Had Hamlet heeded the multiple cautions from Horatio‚ he may have been able to avoid his tragic demise. We are shown from the beginning of the play
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Horatio Nelson History 3/1/2013 Index Abstract In this paper‚ you will be reading about Horatio Nelson generally. You will understand why if it wasn’t for the death of Nelson’s mother‚ there wouldn’t have been Lord Nelson‚ a Trafalgar or an ‘immortal memory’. Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson “was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy‚ particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his
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Early life The webpage Wikipedia has following to say about Nelson ’s early life: Horatio Nelson was born on 29 September 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe‚ Norfolk‚ England‚ the sixth of eleven children of the ReverendEdmund Nelson and his wife Catherine. His mother‚ who died on 26 December 1767 when he was nine years old‚ was a grandniece of Robert Walpole‚ 1st Earl of Orford‚ the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. She lived in the village of Barsham‚ Suffolk‚ and married the
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A Forgotten Revolutionary Hero Horatio Gates Horatio Gates was a British native that became an American general during the Revolutionary War.[1] He was given credit for the greatest victory during the war. Without him‚ the New England colonies would not be part of the United States.[2] Because of “his” victory‚ it turned the tide of victory in the revolution. His career as a general all went wrong after he lost a battle. Horatio Lloyd Gates was born in 1728 in Maldon‚ Essex‚ England and
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