An Analysis of the Character - Carri

An Analysis of the Character - Carrie Meeber

AnAnalysisoftheCharacter——CarrieMeeber
发布时间：2003-8-3作者：秩名
Abstract:
SisterCarriehasbeencalledthequintessentialmodernAmericannovel.Throughitscharactersandtheirstory,itillustratestheeffectsofthechangingeconomicstructureonAmericanculture.Myarticle’smainobjectiveistoanalyzehowdoesDreiser’sNaturalisticstylebeexposedthroughthecharacterCarrieMeeberinSisterCarrie.
SisterCarrietellsthestoryoftwocharacters:CarrieMeeber,anordinarygirlwhorisesfromalow-paidwageearnertoahigh-paidactress,andGeorgeHurstwood,amemberoftheuppermiddleclasswhofallsfromhiscomfortablelifestyletoalifeonthestreets.NeitherCarrienorHurstwoodearntheirfatesthroughvirtueorvice,butratherthroughrandomcircumstance.Theirsuccessesandfailureshavenomoralvalue;thisstancemarksSisterCarrieasadeparturefromtheconventionalliteratureoftheperiod.
DreisertouchesuponawiderangeofthemesandexperiencesinSisterCarrie,fromgrindingpovertytoupper-middleclasscomfort.Thenoveldwellsonthemomentasitisexperienced;thecharactersareplungedintothenarrativewithoutthereaderbeingtoldmuch,ifany,oftheirhistories.Theiridentitiesareconstantlysubjecttochange,reflectingthemodernAmericanexperiencethathadbeenusheredinbythedevelopingcapitalisteconomy.Intheprocessofthisdevelopment,thousandsofruralAmericansrushedtothecitiestofindjobsandtobuildthemselvesnewlivesandidentities.SisterCarriecapturestheexcitementofthatexperience.
Keywords:
virtue,vice,randomcircumstance,ambitious,moral,tragic.相关性：毕