Individualism
... Within the McGuffey Readers selections one is able to see the life of independence and individualism that was brought to America in the early nineteenth century. ... By Charles’s individualism he was able to prosper in life and succeed where as the other boys that skipped school and did not study were poor. ... Charles was able to think just for himself and prove that individualism set him free. Individualism can come in many different ways. ... With this idea of individualism he did not rely on anyone else to make the money for his family or just wait around.