Essay: Alger, Crèvecoeur, and Community
While the community shapes the individual, the individual can change their role in society, motivated by hard work and opportunity to improve and change his or her life, this is demonstrated in Alger’s novel, Ragged Dick and in Crèvecoeur’s Letter III: What is an American. In Ragged Dick, “It is impossible for someone seeking to improve his or her life-situation to do so without the occasional, if not frequent assistance of others. In Dick’s case, his journey from rags to respectability is not completed alone; with Fosdick by his side, they both seek to improve themselves together with the help of others. For example, when Fosdick is finally granted a job at the store, he does so as a result of a flattering recommendation given to the storeowner by a well-respected adult.”
In Crèvecoeur’s Letter III: What is an American, states that an American is one who has …show more content…
She then compares things she sees in nature to God and how it shows his glory and magnificence. In stanza 3, Bradstreet compares the old age of the oak tree to the eternal life that God possesses, she states that “...a stately oak I cast mine eye...how long since thou wast in thine infancy?” (Line1-3). The oak tree and its strength and length of life is related to God being eternal and having She ponders on the seasons and how they change but God’s faithfulness remains constant. In stanza 4, she looks at the sun at states that “the more [she] looked, the more [she] grew amazed” (Line 3). She analyzes the effect the sun has on the Earth and its inhabitants and how full of glory it is and then relates it to how full of glory God must have to be to be the creator of such wonderful creation. She describes grasshoppers singing praises to God and that God deserves our praise because he is wonderful and created a wonderful Earth just for us. Nature to Bradstreet is a reminder and display of God’s
While the community shapes the individual, the individual can change their role in society, motivated by hard work and opportunity to improve and change his or her life, this is demonstrated in Alger’s novel, Ragged Dick and in Crèvecoeur’s Letter III: What is an American. In Ragged Dick, “It is impossible for someone seeking to improve his or her life-situation to do so without the occasional, if not frequent assistance of others. In Dick’s case, his journey from rags to respectability is not completed alone; with Fosdick by his side, they both seek to improve themselves together with the help of others. For example, when Fosdick is finally granted a job at the store, he does so as a result of a flattering recommendation given to the storeowner by a well-respected adult.”
In Crèvecoeur’s Letter III: What is an American, states that an American is one who has …show more content…
She then compares things she sees in nature to God and how it shows his glory and magnificence. In stanza 3, Bradstreet compares the old age of the oak tree to the eternal life that God possesses, she states that “...a stately oak I cast mine eye...how long since thou wast in thine infancy?” (Line1-3). The oak tree and its strength and length of life is related to God being eternal and having She ponders on the seasons and how they change but God’s faithfulness remains constant. In stanza 4, she looks at the sun at states that “the more [she] looked, the more [she] grew amazed” (Line 3). She analyzes the effect the sun has on the Earth and its inhabitants and how full of glory it is and then relates it to how full of glory God must have to be to be the creator of such wonderful creation. She describes grasshoppers singing praises to God and that God deserves our praise because he is wonderful and created a wonderful Earth just for us. Nature to Bradstreet is a reminder and display of God’s