Cruz v. Alger: Game On

I was on a field trip on Friday, so this blog post will be comparing Cruz to Alger and which one is more realistic.

I think that Cruz’s piece about the American Dream is way more realistic than Alger's. Perhaps it’s because I find it authentic to look at all the faults (in the American Dream) in a story. The message I got from Ragged Dick was that, if you constantly work hard at what you do then you will succeed. If you keep on trying, something great is going to happen to you. That’s not real! That’s not realistic! Dick’s life was changed because he was brave and took a chance. We don’t see the bad or the consequences, like we do with the other reading. The reality is that we have to hold on to what we have and keep on going forward. You have to seek out possibilities; they aren’t going to come to you.