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1、TheinfluenceofAmericannovelistonmetaketheTheodoreDreiserandErnestHemingwayforinstanceBasedonmyownexperience,Iwritethispieceofessay.BeforeItouchedthewesternliterature,Ididn'tthinkIhadanyprofessionalskillsasaEnglishmajorstudent.ExceptthatIcangethighscoresintheEngli
2、shtest,thereisnoadvantageofmeforotherstudents.AllthathavechangedsinceilearnedliteratureespeciallyforAmericanliterature.WhenIreadthework,Iwasimpressedtouchedandshockedevenimpressed.ThewriterswhotouchedmemostseriouslyisnonebutTheodoreDreiserandErnestHemingway.Dreis
3、eristhemostpredominantnaturalisticnovelist.EmbracingtheDarwinism,heregardedmenasmerelyananimaldrivenbygreedandlustinastruggleforexistenceinwhichonlythefittest,themostruthlesscansurvive.ThesisterCarrieisatypicalpieceofhistheory.Cameoriginallyisainnocentandkindcoun
4、trygirlbutformoneyandfame,sheslidedownmorallystepbystep.Carriebecomeman'smistresstwiceinordertofitinthemetropolis'slifeandbehavemorecomfortablelife.DreisershowsgreatsympathyforCarrie'sunethicalbehavior,evenifmostofwhichisverymorbidandintolerable.Allshehasdoneisfo
5、rsurvivalintheindifferentandcruelworld.Inrelatedtoreallylife,therearemanygirlsinChinalikeCarrieiswillingtosellherselfonlyforbetterlife.Thenatureiscruelifonecouldrftdefeatothers,hewouldbecomeotherpeople'ssacrifice.SometimesIdoubtDreisernaturalistictheory.WhenIseet
6、hebeggarkneelongroundwaitingforothers5helpandtherichdrivetheluxuriouscarpassingnearby,itisnodoubtDreiserhadpredictedtheproblemsinChina.Thericheristhefitterandthepooristhedefeated.IoftenfellimpressiveandpassiveassoonasIremindofDreiser?stheory.Howcanwefitinthesocie
7、ty?Iameagertochangemydestinyandachievemygreatexpectation,theChinesedream.Ijustdidn'twanttobecomeotherpredator'sprey.However,"isalsonoteasy・Dreiser'sanotherfamousnovel,AmericanTragedy,letmedownagain.Apoorbutcleverman,ClydeGriffith,wanttohavebetterlifethroughmarria
8、gewithawealthywomen.However,helethisownwifedrownedwithoutgivingheranyhelp.MostpeopleblameClyde.whichisreasonable・Aslongashewasabletofindanymethodtomakerich,how
