Troubled boys and Ragged Dick.

Explore some of the ways that Susan Fauludi highlights the stark disparity between the daily lives of the Lakewood boys and their dreams of fame and wealth and their dreams of fame and wealth. As expressed in the text, how have these dreams been denied? (Or to use Faludi's title) How have the Lakewood boys been stiffed or had their dreams betrayed? Finally, how do the Lakewood boys' dreams/myths of success differ from the myths of success that were represented in Ragged Dick and "Stephen Cruz"
The essay of Susan Fauludi rises very important problem that a modern man faces these days th…