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1、ABriefAnalysisontheCharacteristicsofSisterCarrieI.IntroductionA.The?Introduction?of?Sister?Carrie?1.The?Introduction?of?the?Author?TheodoreDreiser(1871-1945)wasborninTerreHaute,Indiana.PartofalargeGerman-Americanfamily,andtheninthoftenchildren,hischildhoodwasmarkedbypoverty.BeforeDreiserbecameafam
2、ouswriter,hedidalotofoddjobs,suchaswashingdishes,clerkingahardwarestore.Healsodidworksasajournalist,areporter,andaneditor.Eventually,atthesuggestionofhiseditorfriendAuthorHenry,Dreiserbeganwritinghisfirstnovel,theresultofwhichwasSisterCarrie.Dreiser’sotherfamousworksincludeTheFinancier(1912),TheTi
3、tan(1914),andAnAmericanTragedy(1925).2.The?Introduction?of?thePlotSisterCarriewasDreiser’sfirstlongfiction.Theprotagonistofthisnovel,CarrieMeeber,pretty,eighteen,penniless,fullofillusions,leavesherdullWisconsinhomein1889forChicago.OnthetrainCharlesDrouet,ajauntytravelingsalesman,impressesherwithhi
4、sworldlinessandaffluence.InChicago,Carrielivesinacrampedflatwithhersisterandbrother-in-law.Herjobatashoefactoryisphysicallyandspirituallycrushing.Afteraperiodofunemployment,shebecomesDrouet’smistress.ThenintroducedbyDrouet,CarriemeetsGeorgeHurstwood,themanagerofafamousanddeluxesalon.Eventually,Hur
5、stwooddesertshisfamily,robshisemployers,andtricksCarrieintoleavingChicagowithhim.TheyfirstescapetoMontrealandthen,afterreturningmostofthemoney,toNewYork,wheretheylivetogetherforseveralyear.AsHurstwooddeclines,Carriedevelops.Toearnmoney,shebecomesastarfromachorusgirltoafamousmusicalcomedybyherownef
6、forts.Meanwhile,Hurstwoodsinksintobeggaryandsuicide.Inspiteofherfreedomsuccess,Carrieislonelyandunhappy.3.TheWritingBackground?for?Sister?CarrieThebackgroundofSisterCarrieisattheendof19thcenturyinAmerica.Actually,ThebackgroundisinChicagoandNewYork,in1889.Justastheauthordepictedinthenovel:“In1889Ch
7、icagohadthepeculiarqualificationsofgrowthwhichmadesuchadventuresomepilgrimagesevenonthepartofyounggirlsplausible.Itsmanyandgrowingcommercialopportunitiesgaveitwidespreadfame,whichmadeofitagiantmagnet,drawingtoits
