Work Vs Leisure - Ragged Dick Presentation

• Alger implements various themes to show secret to success 
• Work vs leisure, key to Dicks way of life/ Rags to Riches
• American Dream link to work and leisure 
• Hard work centralised, what you attain from it 
• Work reoccurring theme in not only ragged dick but Algers other novels
• Working hard and it's benefits vs indolence 
• Luck vs work
• Child falling in water, dick rescuing, luck or benefits of being selfless?
• Leisure - self education and its importance 
• Leisure intrinsically linked with work
• How leisure is involved 
• Dicks friendship with Henry Fosdick
• Becoming more literate and its importance, accepting Mr Whitneys advice
• Ragged Dick emphasises important underlying message through leisure and work.