Category: Book Sister Carrie

The main character of the story is young and naive girl named Caroline Meeber or Carrie. When she turns eighteen, Carrie decides to leave her home and start the life of her own. She boards a train to Chicago, not sure where to go and what to do next. She is going to stay at…

Examining Success in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie, closely examines the successes and failures of three of its characters: the protagonist Carrie Meeber, Charles Drouet, and George Hurstwood. Their lives entwine early on in the novel, driven by their relative need for money. It is through money that all of… 1…