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Jack’s Ward follows a young protagonist forced into responsibility earlier than most children because he becomes guardian to someone else. Horatio Alger’s fiction repeatedly tests young people through poverty, uncertainty, and social obstacles, then emphasizes honesty, work, courage, and
The Store Boy is a Horatio Alger story about a young person trying to rise through honest work, persistence, self-respect, and good fortune. Alger’s familiar formula places his protagonist in a difficult economic situation where social status and opportunity seem stacked against him
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