Richard Hunter
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Richard Hunter is the ambitious and resourceful newsboy who rises from poverty to respectability in Horatio Alger Jr.'s novel "Ragged Dick."
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dick Hunter
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Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ragged Dick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnMotif | rags to respectability ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Horatio Alger Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicStatusAtEnd | middle class ⓘ |
| economicStatusAtStart | poverty ⓘ |
| educationStatus | self-educated ⓘ |
| endsAs | respectable young clerk ⓘ |
| familyName | Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Ragged Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Henry Fosdick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasEthicalCode | honesty and industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
boys' fiction
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rags-to-riches story ⓘ |
| livesIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| name | Richard Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
bootblack
ⓘ
newsboy ⓘ |
| receivesHelpFrom |
Fosdick
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ⓘ
Mr. Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | 19th-century New York City ⓘ |
| socialStatus | poor ⓘ |
| startsAs |
bootblack in New York City
ⓘ
street boy ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
self-made boy
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upward mobility through hard work ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | young readers ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
American Dream
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social mobility ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
| trait |
ambitious
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generous ⓘ hardworking ⓘ honest ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
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