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| Description: A society’s dominant ideologies are reinforced throughout the society, including its literature. Horatio Alger provided inspirational heroes for thousands of boys. The central theme of these many novels, immensely popular in their time, was rags to riches. Through rugged determination and self-sacrifice, a boy could overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to reach the pinnacle of success. (Girls did not strive for financial success, but were dependent on fathers and husbands.) Picture Stats: Views: 503 Filesize: 1.51MB Height: 850 Width: 599 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=27748 |