66 pages • 2 hours read
Horatio AlgerRagged Dick
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1868A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
1.
Does Dick Hunter possess any advantages from experiencing early hardship that someone like Frank Whitney, who was raised by parents in comfortable circumstances, lacks?
2.
What role does luck play in Dick Hunter and Henry Fosdick’s social advancement?
3.
In what ways does the novel suggest a boy bootblack on the New York City streets is similar to an American businessman in a capitalist society?
