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1、ChapterOneIntroduction1.1TheBriefIntroductionoftheNovelSisterCarrieSisterCarrieisthefirstnovelwrittenbyTheodoreDreiser，wholivedattheturnof19thand20thcentury.InthehistoryofAmericanliterarynaturalism,TheodoreDreiserwasoneofthemostoutstandingnovelists.Comingfromthebottomof
2、thesociety,hewasthefirstonetodescribetherealAmericancitizenlife.TheodoreDreiserwascalledthepioneerofAmericancontemporaryfictionandwasthoughttobethegreatmasterofAmericanrealism.InDreiser’snovels,hediscarded“thegentletradition,whichwasverypopularatthattime.Onthecontrary,h
3、edaredtodepictthelifeasitwasanddiscoveredthedarksideofthesociallife,bravelyattackingthetraditionalmoralstandardsofAmerica.Thecharactersinhisnovelsmostlycamefromthebottomofthesociety,andtheywerealsodeeplyinfluencedbytheprivilegesandlimitationsofthesocialclass.Thatleadedt
4、otheirmisfortunesatlast.SisterCarriewasaboutayoungcountrygirlwhomovestothebigcitywhereshestartsrealizingherownAmericanDream.Fromasimplegirltoanindependentwoman,SisterCarriecreatesthenewchapterofNewFemaleConsciousness.What’smore,italsohasbeencalledthe“greatestofallAmeric
5、anurbannovels”.SisterCarrie,theheroineinthenovel,wasagirlwhowasnotsatisfiedherlifeinruralWisconsinhome.Therefore,this18yearsoldgirltookthetraintoChicago,abigcitywhichwasfullofattraction.Onthetrain,shemetCharlesDrouet,atravelingsalesman,whowasattractedbyhersimplebeautyan
6、dunspoiledmanner,andthemanalsohadgreatimpactonher.WhenSisterCarriearrived,shesoonembarkedonaquestforworktoliveandpayrenttohersister.Atfirst,SisterCarrieembodiednocouragetobeemployedforherunskilledandinexperienced.Shewanderedinthestreetforseveraldays.Finally,shetookajobr
7、unningamachineinashoefactorywiththemeagerwage.Beforelong,shefounditwassoformidabletopaytheexpense,18leavealonetobuysomebeautifulclothes.What’smore,shealsosensedMinnieandSven’sdisapprovalofherinterestinChicago’srecreationalopportunities.ThelifeofSisterCarrietendedtobesod
8、espairingthatshecouldnotenduresuchpoorlifeanymore,notonlyhopeless,butloneliness.Atthistime,aftershemetCharlesD
