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...
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Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie is a simple tale of a young, pretty eighteen year old girl Caroline Meeber also know as Carrie. When Carrie got on the train from Columbia City to Chicago she had only few cheap items in her trunk and her sister's address on a piece of paper. Being only eighteen...
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Yu, Hanying. "A brief analysis of Sister Carrie's character. " English Language Teaching 3. 2 (2010): 210+. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. In this academic journal Hanying is clarifying the depths of Carries character. He goes on about how her characteristics as an individual...
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The American Dream is surely based on the concept of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” but it is above all, a matter of ambition. James Truslow Adams, an American writer and historian, in 1931 states: "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each...
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Bumanglag, Amleth Lyn C. March 12, 2011 MAT-ELA Anglo-American Literature FALLEN WOMAN IN THEODORE DREISER’S SISTER CARRIE Introduction One might think that Sister Carrie is a love story, but rather it is a story of greed, declining morality, and selfish desires. All central characters are...
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Comparison: Maggie – Girl of the streets & Sister Carrie Thesis: Portrays of two naturalistic female characters Maggie and Sister Carrie ….. The escape of two women – failure or success? Introduction: I have chosen to have a look at Maggie – Girl of the Streets and Sister Carrie, to compare and...
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Drive of Desire in Sister Carrie Chapter I Introduction Since ancient China, people have never been encouraged to relieve their desire, as the old saying goes: get rid of desire is the common moral in China. Nevertheless, in recent years, with the globalization and China’s wider opening to the...
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Theodore Dreiser is an outstanding writer in American literary history . Writing in naturalist style; he created a new era of American literature and influenced a good many contemporary writers as well as his followers. Sister Carrie is regarded as the masterpiece of Theodore Dreiser’s writing...
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What is ‘American Exceptionalism’ and what are its (religious) origins? ‘The position of the Americans is therefore quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one. (…) Let us cease, then, to view all democratic nations under the example of...
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“People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the...
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