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 she was still "full of the illusions of ignorance and youth"(Dreiser‚ 7). She was both afraid of the things to come and exited by the countless possibilities offered by one of the largest cities of the late
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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 see if_________(thesis). Shortly about naturalism and naturalistic characters…: - Naturalistic works exposed the dark harshness of life - humans are “human beasts” (Emile Zola)
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protestant Calvinists believed in the idea of predestination‚ and so the American people were regarded as the chosen people to fulfill the mission given by God. They based these ideas on the biblical reference‚ ‘You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden’‚ a speech which was first praised by Jon Winthrop‚ and constitutes the foundation of the American people’s mission to spread the American ideology on liberty‚ equality‚ democracy and success throughout the
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in texts like Sister Carrie and Death of a Salesman. While the American Dream was supposed to be a collective success at its initial stage‚ ambition‚ along with a pinch of greed and materialism were perfect ingredients to the realization of an American nightmare rather. The two above mentioned texts not only expose their readers to a fictitious American tragedy but they also reflect the downfall of the real American Dream that emerged in 1776 in the US society. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
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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 products of a changing economy—decline of agriculture and rise of industry in late nineteenth century. Theodore Dreiser significantly sets the story in Chicago (1889) and later to New York of which
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ON THEODORE DREISER’S SISTER CARRIE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NATURALISM by Qiu Yanhong June‚ 2007 Xiaogan University Abstract 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
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Industrialisation and Identity: Society and the Individual in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie Introduction In 1889 Chicago had the peculiar qualifications of growth which made such adventuresome pilgrimages even on the part of young girls plausible. Its many and growing commercial opportunities gave it widespread fame‚ which made of it a giant magnet‚ drawing to itself‚ from all quarters‚ the hopeful and the hopeless - those who had their fortune yet to make and those whose fortunes and
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Dreiser’s Sister Carrie First novel by Theodore Dreiser‚ published in 1900‚ but was on hold until 1912. Sister Carrie tells the story of a rudderless but pretty small town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress‚ while George Hurstwood‚ the married man who she later gets married to in the has run away with her from Chicago loses his grip on life and descends into beggary and suicide. Sister Carrie
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The Importance of Respect Carrie is a supernatural thriller film based on the novel “Carrie” written by Stephen King. The theme of this film is about respect. The main character in this film is Carrie White. She is a shy and quiet girl who does not have many friends. She has telekinesis which enables her to move things by using her mind. Carrie lived with her mother‚ Margaret White‚ who was a Christian fanatic that like to abuse her. The other main character is Chris Hargensen‚ the popular girl
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Preferences of words in the novel Silver Sister by Lillian Ng In Lillian Ng’s Silver Sister‚ the protagonist‚ Silver Sister‚ is an 80 years old Chinese woman who has experienced a great deal of occurrences in her life. She has lived in many places from her hometown in a village in China called Lung Sun‚ to Canton‚ Hong Kong‚ Singapore‚ and finally to Australia. She describes each place and compares it with Australia. The words being used in her comparison determines where she positions herself
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