Questions to consider for class on Wednesday, March 25

After you finish reading the first half of Ragged Dick for Wednesday's class, please reflect on the following questions:

• What does it mean to be a child? In the 1860s? In 2009?
  
• What is good character? (In the novel, or in your life?) What creates good character or fosters its development?
  
• What kind of work is considered respectable? (In this novel, in our country, or in your life?)

Post a comment if you like. Or just come to class prepared to discuss these questions and other issues that you think are important.