Horatio Alger and the Gilded Age Dream

Horatio Alger was a writer in the late nineteenth century and he wrote a book for a little boy in America's dream. Alger's book seems to go back to the time when America's dream was completely different from his era. He agrees with the idea of ​​morality, individualism and ability, but maintains a modern fruitful idea. Alger wrote many books to encourage boys to work ethically and hard. Horatio Alger's book is called Ragged Dick or Street Life in New York and features a young black man named Dick Hunter and his friend Henry Fosdick.

In his article "Horatio Alger", Harlon L. Dalton thinks Horatio Alger's view of success is wrong. In his article "Dag from the Ragged", Alger noted that only effort and ambition can succeed. Furthermore, in "Ragged Dick", Alger rescued the white son, then gave him his job and paid his normal three times the amount. However, Dalton insisted on Horatio Alger that race and other factors influence human success. On the other hand, in Toni Cade Bambara's article "The Lesson" her goal is to teach that education is the way to success.

American writer Horatio Alger of the 19th century wrote a story of popular "clothes". "The effort to succeed" is his motto, and he insists that everyone can succeed by working hard and working hard. Alger grew but as his sentences climbed up. Essentially, his autobiographical story inspired a broad belief in American dreams ("Horatio" 1-2). Horatio Alger is an American dream after the American Civil War. Looking at the current national economic data, we can see that American life does not apply to Algiers' idealistic dream. "Typical non-Hispanic white family net assets are seven times the typical home net worth." It is impossible for all citizens in the country to have equal opportunities (scalars). As with most statistics, there are some exceptions - some CEO female colors (<2%) (Sklar), some colored university professors (<5%) (Marable)

Of course, this dream is not to guarantee the result but to pursue opportunities. This dream has found a role in the fictional role of the 19th century author Horatio Alger Jr. There, the hero of the young working class ranged from rude to wealthy (or at least the middle class), partly to entrepreneurs. It is spiritual and diligent. The attitude toward inequality also changed. In 2001, in a study, in the case of higher levels of inequality, the only Americans reporting low level happiness is the wealthy people in the left leaves - poor inequality is the future opportunity I believe it is a sign of. Since then, this optimism has been relaxed. In 2016, only 38% of Americans thought that children were better than now.