Blog – Dick is essentially rewarded for his actions with the job opportunity of a lifetime. What implicit argument is the story making about what it takes to be successful?
Many children stories lead to the idea that if you are a good hard working person, good things will come to you. The story of Ragged Dick is no exception to this idea, Dick is a low class working scuff who works hard and is just able to get by, he maintains his hardworking ethic and still has a hard time getting anywhere. In the end it is the fact that Dick is a good person that ends up getting him somewhere. His morals get to him and he can not leave the little boy to drown, which is in the end what gets him somewhere. It almost seems like being a hardworking person doesn't actually mean anything, but the fact that he is a good, nice, caring person does. The implicit argument in the story actually seems to come out and say that if you are a good person, with lots of compassion, you will find a way to get far.
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