Troubled boys and Ragged Dick.

Explore some of the ways that Susan Fauludi highlights the stark disparity between the daily lives of the Lakewood boys and their dreams of fame and wealth and their dreams of fame and wealth. As expressed in the text, how have these dreams been denied? (Or to use Faludi's title) How have the Lakewood boys been stiffed or had their dreams betrayed? Finally, how do the Lakewood boys' dreams/myths of success differ from the …

…did not deserve success in the eyes of the author and readers because they did put a little effort to be successful, they could achieve it if they only did it not cross it out themselves. On the base of the Fauludi, Alger, and Cruz story one can learn that there are no recipes for success. In modern world, everyone has different chances for success and it not always depends how hard he is working.