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1、Shen1HongleiShenDr.BaoguoZhangEnglishAcademicWriting15December,2012DifferentLives,theSameFateAnInterpretationofSisterCarriefromthePerspectiveofEco-feminismSisterCarrieisTheodoreDreiser'sfamousworic.IttellsthestoryhowaninnocentandnativegirlCarrie,fromape
2、acefulvillage,climbedfromthebottomofthesocietytothetopoffameandwealthinNewYork・Inthefiction,Dreisermainlydescribedtwofemalecharacters,CarrieandhersisterMinnie.CarrieandMinniechoosedifferentlivesbuthavethesamefate.Thispapercomparedthelifeofthetwofemalesf
3、romtheperspectiveofeco-feminism.1Theoverviewofeco-feminism1.1Thedefinitionofeco-feminismEco-feminismdescribesmovementsandphilosophiesthatlinkfeminismwithecology.ThetermisbelievedtohavebeencoinedbytheFrenchwriter,FrangoisedfEaubonneinherbook,LeFeminisine
4、onlaMort,in1970s.Eco-feminismconnectstheexploitationanddominationofwomenwiththatoftheenvironment,andarguesthatthereisaconnectionbetweenwomenandnaturethatcomesfromtheirsharedhistoryofoppressionbyapatriarchalWesternsociety.AccordingtoCuiYanjie'sargument,e
5、co-feminismaimsto"liberatethewomanandthenatureandtocriticizethecontrolandoppressionbyapatriarchalsocietywithinthethemeofnature,womananddevelopment.Thusitadvocatestheeffectondealingwithecologicalproblemsbyfeministcultureandprinciple气88).L2Theinterpretati
6、onofSisterCarrieThenovel,SisterCarrierdepictstheruralgirlCarriecametoChicagotofindthewell-beingofcities,inordertoescapepoverty,sellingtheirvirginity,metwithasalesmanandhotelmanagerofcohabitation,andthenwiththebeautifulvoicetobecomesingersandstoiyWriters
7、killeduseofnaturalandcreativeapproachtohumanbehaviormaterializedasa"chemicalreactionHbythefruit,sothatworkswithastrongsocialexpression.Thestoryoftherealcircumstancesofthenovelisthis:Carrieisahandsomeruralgirl,sheenviedmateriallifemetropoliscametoChicago
8、tomakealiving・Grimrealityshatteredherdreamtomeether,unemploymentanddisease.Indesperation,shehasbeenasalesmanDrouet'smistress,andlaterasaresultofagreaterdesireshebecamethehotelmanagerHurstwood^smistress.InNewYork,asaresultofchance
