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1、ABRIEFANALYSISOFSISITERCARRIE《嘉莉妹妹》解讀June,2007XiaoganUniversityAbstractSisterCarrietellsthestoryofasmallcountrygirlCarriewhomovestoChicagotorealizeher“AmericanDream”andeventuallybecomesaBroadwaystarinNewYork.Despitelivingaluxuriouslife,sheislostinsprit.Readingthenovel,wemayeasilynotic
2、eCarrie’differentneedsanddesiresarisinggraduallyandalsothebetrayaloftraditionalmoralcodeintheprocessofpursuingmaterialgain.ThepaperanalyzesthereasonswhyCarriehasvariousneedsatdifferentstagesoflife,mainlybasedonMaslow’shierarchyofneeds.OneisCarrie’sinnerdesires;theotheristheoutsideforc
3、e,includingtemptationsofenvironment,cities,etc.TheinteractionbetweenthemmakesCarrieloseherselfeventually.Itseemstotellpeoplethatinmodernsocietymaterialsuppliesmoreandmoreabundantly,butweshouldneverpursueitblindlyandmuchimportanceshouldbeattachedtohappinessandstabilitycreatedbyspirit.I
4、tisessentialtoponderthesignificanceandthevalueoflife.Keywords:SisterCarrie;desire;lost;hierarchyofneeds從馬斯洛層次需要理論重新解讀《嘉莉妹妹》摘要《嘉莉妹妹》講述一位農(nóng)村女孩嘉莉不甘貧窮來到芝加哥實現(xiàn)自己的“美國夢”,最終成為紐約百老匯一位著名的演員,享受奢華的物質(zhì)卻陷入精神迷失的故事。閱讀這部小說我們很容易注意到嘉莉不斷升級的需要及日益增長的欲望,及在追求欲望的過程中對傳統(tǒng)道德的違背。本文主要依據(jù)馬斯洛不同層次需求理論,分析嘉莉在不同時期擁有不同需要的原因,即
5、一方面是嘉莉內(nèi)在的欲望,另一方面是環(huán)境、城市的誘惑等外在因素。這兩方面的相互作用最終導(dǎo)致嘉莉陷入精神的迷失。《嘉莉妹妹》的故事似乎在警示我們,在物質(zhì)越來越發(fā)達的今天,人們不應(yīng)該盲目追求物質(zhì)的享受,應(yīng)該充分認(rèn)識到精神帶給人們的幸福感和滿足感,思索自己人生的意義和價值所在。關(guān)鍵詞:嘉莉妹妹;欲望;迷失;層次需求理論Contents1.Introduction11.1Abouttheauthorandthenovel11.2AboutMaslow’shierarchyofneeds12.Carrie’smaterialpursuit22.1Thephysiologica
6、lneeds:leavingforChicago22.2Thesafetyneeds:becomingDrouet’smistress33.Carrie’sspiritualsublimationbydegrees43.1Theloveandbelongingneeds----awakingstep53.2Theesteemneeds----advanceddevelopment53.3Theself-actualizationneeds----ultimategoal64.Significanceofthenovel75.Conclusion8Notes8Bib
7、liography9Acknowledgements10ABriefAnalysisofSisterCarrieBasedonMaslow’sHierarchyofNeeds1.Introduction1.1AbouttheauthorandthenovelTheodoreDreiserisoneofAmerica’sgreatestwriters,anditsgreatestnaturalistwriteraswell.WiththepublicationofSisterCarriein1900,Dreisercommittedhisliteraryforcet
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