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1、Sister Carrie,Sister Carrie(1900)is a novel by Theodore Dreiser.It has been called the greatest of all American urban novels.A masterwork of realism,Charles H.Drouet(traveling salesman)live together;mistress(情妇),Carrie(a country girl),George W.Hurstwood(resort manager)mistress;Eloping(私奔),famous act
2、ress,Plot Summary,Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home,18-year-old Caroline Meeber(sister carrie)(P139)takes the train to Chicago,where her older sister Minnie,and her husband Sven Hanson,have agreed to take her in.On the train,Carrie meets Charles Drouet(P146),a traveling salesman,who
3、 is attracted to her because of her simple beauty and unspoiled manner.They exchange contact information and both off the train.,Characters,Caroline Meeber:bright;timid;full of the illusions;ignorance;youth(P139):a buoyant traveling salesman;good clothes;daring;kindly familiarity(P142),Caroline Meeb
4、er:bright;timid;full of the illusions;ignorance;youth,:a buoyant traveling salesman;good clothes;daring;kindly familiarity,Words Characteristic,using lots of words to discribe the environment and human inside that to form the characters.the Naturalism of Theodore Dreiser,Criticize,it mainly analyzes the character to depict a real American social life in the late 1890s,especially those of poor peoples lives from struggling,fighting to failing for their so-called“American Dreams”.At last,the article points out the most important resource resulting in the tragedies:the American social system.,