Dick Hunter
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Dick Hunter is the impoverished yet ambitious New York City bootblack who serves as the plucky, self-improving protagonist of Horatio Alger Jr.’s novel "Ragged Dick."
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ageAtStartOfStory | adolescent ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bootblacks of New York
ⓘ
street life in New York ⓘ |
| cityOfResidence | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Horatio Alger Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Horatio Alger Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicStatus | working class ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork | Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Richard Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic fiction
ⓘ
rags-to-riches story ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
boys’ adventure fiction
ⓘ
juvenile literature ⓘ |
| literaryWork | Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname |
Dick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
honest
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industrious ⓘ streetwise ⓘ |
| occupation |
bootblack
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shoeshine boy ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | 19th-century New York City ⓘ |
| socialStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
respectability achieved from poverty
ⓘ
upward mobility through hard work ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | young readers ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
American Dream
NERFINISHED
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moral uplift ⓘ self-help ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| trait |
ambitious
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plucky ⓘ self-improving ⓘ |
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