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1、SisterCarrieandAmericanDream嘉莉妹妹与美国梦Abstract TheodoreDreiser,anAmericanwriter,showsthereadersanactualAmericansociety,whichismaintainedbymoneyinhisnovels.Ontheotherhand,Dreiseralsooffersamodeaboutstrugglethroughhisstoriesforthepoor.Hewantstoinspirethepoortostruggleforbettermateriallives,wh
2、ichshowstheactivenessofDreiser’snovels.Inthisarticle,theauthorgivesabriefintroductionofDreiser’slife,introducesAmericandream,andexpoundthattheprocessofAmericandreamandtheAmericandreamwithadeepRootinAmerica .byanalyzythetwomaincharactersinSisterCarrie.Thearticleexplainsthatinthemoney-orien
3、tedAmerica,manwantstobetterhimselfinstinctivelyorisdrivenbytheenvironmenttorealizetheAmericandream,yettheresultsaretragic.FromtheanalysistheauthorillustratesfutilityoftheAmericandream.ItisconcludedthatSisterCarrielightenthefutilityoftheAmericandream.Aswellasencourageforthepoortostrugglewe
4、althandrankinsociety. KeyWords:SisterCarrie,theAmericanream,TheodoreDreiser 内容摘要 美国作家西奥多·德莱塞通过一系列作品向读者展示了一个充满赤裸裸金钱关系的美国社会。德莱塞也通过小说故事为生活在社会底层的广大贫苦人民提供了奋斗的模式，带有一定的积极性。本文通过简要介绍作者生平，介绍美国梦，阐述了美国梦的进程和美国梦在美国的根深蒂固。以及对《嘉莉妹妹》中两位主人公的分析，说明在美国这个金钱至上的社会里，人在本能和社会环境的驱使下不可避免要向上爬，追求物质上的满足，去实现心中的美国梦，但是结局都
5、是悲剧式的，从而揭示了美国梦的虚无。 关键词：《嘉莉妹妹》；美国梦；西奥多·德莱塞 ContentsIntroduction11TheHighprestigeofTheodoreDreiser32AnalysisoftheAmericanDream52.1TheprocessofAmericanDream62.2TheAmericanDreamwithaDeepRootinAmerica72.2.1ABriefreviewoftheAmericanDream82.2.2TheOriginandEvolutionofAmericanDream113.Analysiso
6、nSisterCarrieandAmericanDream173.1TheSummaryofSisterCarrie193.2AnalysisoftheCharacterofCarrie233.3AnalysisoftheCharacterofHurstwood243.4AnalysisonCarrieandHurstwoodAssociatedwiththeAmericanDream25Conclusion26Notes27Bibliography29Acknowledgments30 IntroductionTheodoreDreiser,thetwelfthof13
7、children,wasborninTerreHaute,Indiana,in1871.Hisfather,adevoutGermanimmigrant,losteverythingwhenhislargewoolmillburneddown.Bythistime,hisparentswerepoornomadicpreachers.TheirnomadiclifestylemeantthatDreiserdidnothaveanycompanionsoutsidehisfamily.Whiletraveling,hismot
