Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Tom, der Schuhputzer; oder: Der Weg zum Erfolg
Für wen es gedacht ist
Readers who like rags-to-riches adventures, scheming villains and cheerful heroes will enjoy this. It suits fans of nineteenth-century American city life, and anyone who loves a young hero who wins by wit, honesty and nerve.
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What would you do if a dying man pressed a key into your hand and promised a secret? Tom Grey, a fifteen-year-old bootblack in New York, finds out. Horatio Alger Jr. tells his story in Tom, the Bootblack, a brisk adventure about a street boy who learns that he was born to wealth and that someone took it from him. You meet a hard-working hero, a villain with a scarred cheek, and a trail that runs from New York to the Mississippi. It begins with a hungry old man and a plate of eggs.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A street boy looks after a miserly old manFree
- 2A scarred stranger asks Tom too many questions
- 3Jacob's written confession tells Tom who he is
- 4In Cincinnati a quick-witted newcomer finds friends and a rival
- 5A river rescue brings Tom a generous friend
- 6Tom's careful plan outwits his uncle in a hotel room
- 7Maurice sells himself to the uncle's schemes
- 8Gilbert learns to protect his claim
- 9Honesty and nerve against greed and appearances
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A street boy looks after a miserly old man
Tom Grey is fifteen, strong, and proud of earning his own way. He blacks boots near the Astor House in New York, and with that money he feeds and houses old Jacob, who lives with him and is thought to be his grandfather. Jacob never says so himself, and he never says what first brought the two of them together.
Jacob complains that breakfast costs too much, so Tom buys bread and has kind Mrs. Flanagan, who lives downstairs, cook eggs and coffee. When Tom leaves, the old man bolts the door, lifts a floorboard, and counts the coins in a tin box. He has ninety-nine dollars and wants an even hundred, so he slips out to beg on Broadway. Halfway across the street, stagecoach horses knock him down.
From the first pages, the book sets two kinds of wealth side by side. Jacob hoards money and enjoys none of it. Tom spends his little cheerfully on someone else, and the story keeps asking which of them is truly rich.
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Questions about Tom, der Schuhputzer; oder: Der Weg zum Erfolg
What is Tom, the Bootblack about?
It follows a fifteen-year-old New York bootblack who learns he is the stolen heir of a rich Cincinnati merchant. He travels west, builds a new life, and faces his scheming uncle to claim what is his.
Who is Tom Grey in the book?
Tom Grey is a street boy who shines boots in New York. After learning his true name is Gilbert Grey, he begins using it, and he works to become the gentleman he now hopes to be.
Who is the man with the scar on his cheek?
He is James Grey, Tom's uncle. The scar on his right cheek, which reddens when he is excited, helps Tom recognize him after reading Jacob's written confession.
Is Tom, the Bootblack a true story, and when was it written?
It is a work of fiction by Horatio Alger Jr., written in the nineteenth century and set in the era of horse-drawn stagecoaches and steam trains, with real places like Cincinnati and the Astor House.
What is the main message of Tom, the Bootblack?
The book teaches that honest work, learning, kindness and courage can lift a person from poverty. It also shows that greed and trickery bring down those who use them.