1. HORATIO ALGER MYTH

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION.GREW UP IN A POOR ENVIRONMENT.WAS BORN ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,1832.WAS AN AUTHOR DURING THE CIVIL WAR BECAME VERY WEALTHY BECAUSE OF HIS BOOKS.HE WROTE BOOKS ABOUT THE TRUTH OF MANY PEOPLE'S LIVE'S IN STORIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALGER WAS A VERY DETERMINED YET COOKY MAN WHO MADE MANY PEOPLE NERVOUS ABOUT HIS BOOKS BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE HE HAD ON CHILDREN. HE BECAME A MILLIONAIRE AFTER HIS SUCCESS HE WAS LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

3. How does this article help us understand the great Gatsby better? ANYBODY CAN GO FROM RAGS TO RICHES, AND SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY.

4. Does the central claim teach us something new about the meaning of the great Gatsby ? ANYONE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET RICH.

5. CENTRAL CLAIM… SUCCESS CAN COME IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO WEALTH.

6. TEXTUAL EVIDENCE THE AUTHOR BETRAYS EXPOSITION TO EXPOSE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR HORATIO ALGER ABOUT HIMSELF AND THE BEGINNING OF HIS RISE TO FAME. "AS A SYNONYM FOR SPECTACULAR RISE TO FAME AND WEALTH"…"SCRATCH AND GENERALLY AGAINST GREAT ODDS-REACHED THE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER?" (61) "WHO WAS HORATIO ALGER?"…" A POOR BOY WHO WORKED HARD AND GREW UP TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE" (61) THESE SHOW THAT ALGER WAS ONCE POOR AND LIKE GATSBY WAS ABLE TO BECOME RICH DOING A JOB THAT WAS WORTH WHILE FOR HIM. ALGER ACHIEVED THE 'AMERICAN DREAM AND WENT FROM RICH TO POOR

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