嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

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嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

导语: 嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

Theodore Dreiser, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, was raised in

poverty and in a German-speaking environment. He left home for Chicago

at age 16. After a period of odd jobs and a year at the University of Indiana,

he became a Midwestern newspaper reporter and, in New York after 1894,

a magazine feature writer. In 1892, married Sara White, but their marriage

wasn’t happy, so they have been separated since 1909 and never officially

divorced

Sister Carrie （1900）， his first and still highly regarded novel,

was withheld from general distribution because of it was supposed amoral,

and its commercial failure plunged him into financial distress and mental

breakdown. Some reasons which caused the difficulties of publish can be

seen from the social background of the society of that time. At the time,

United States is experiencing a rapid social change, it was transforming

from free capitalism transition to the monopoly capitalism. The whole

American literature was indulged in idealism, many writers preferred to

describe the optimistic aspect of life. The novel is regarded as

entertainment products; works is full of illusory ideal and covered by

romantic color. The exploiter and exploitee lived a completely different

life. The ugly phenomenon in the society was not reflected in literature

works. In Sister Carrie, Dreiser truthfully reveals the dark side of the 读后感 感谢你的阅读

social life, and that’s the reason why the author constantly suffered

from persecution. The novels have been classified as "banned", and can

not be published in the America.

Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city

where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress

to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress.

It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels."

The personal life of the writer has very close relationship with his

work Sister Carrie. There are some similarities between the author and

the heroine. First, the heroine was born in a poor family just as same

as the author. That’s why the author can know so clearly about the

psychological activity of the poor girl Carrie and described it in such

delicate words. Second, it can be seen from the novel that the place where

the girl chase her dream was Chicago. The author also has gone to the same

place to fulfill his dream. So he saw what Carrie saw. For instance, how

the rich men lived, how they enjoy their life, what was the poor’s life

like, with such a living experience, the gap between the rich and the poor

was so truly reflected before our eyes. Third, they all once are earning

meager support from menial jobs. Forth, they all have the same dream.

Dreiser has admitted that he was once chased after the pleasure from

material things, but he despised it afterwards. Carrie’s life was always

surrounded by her chasing for a better material life. At the beginning, 读后感 感谢你的阅读

she left her hometown and came for her sister. But when her sister’s living

couldn’t attract her anymore, she went to the salesman Drouet, then

Hursthood and at last the theater. Except the heroine, the character

Hursthood was not so happy in his marriage life, so was the author.

Hursthood was suppressed and looking for something new, thrill and

beautiful. Maybe Hursthood’s mental state was just like the author’s

during that period. Sven Hanson, Minnie's husband, of Swedish extraction

and taciturn temperament. As we all know, Dreiser’s father was a Swedish,

a severe rigid and distant man. We can slightly suppose that the character

of Sven Hanson was originated from his father.

As for Carrie, there’s such a sentence in the book: “In Carrie—as in many of our worldings do they not?— instinct and reason, desire

and understanding, were at war for the mastery. She followed whither her

craving led. She was as yet more drawn than she drew. ” This seems tells

us that the currency of the society is an overwhelming power that pushes

one to do something and defines the view of value for the people. I think

this sentence is the perfect description for Carrie and all her stories,