Sister Carrie's

Sister Carrie is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser, an American realist writer. As one of his representative works, the book has attracted wide attention and discussion since it was first published in 1900. The novel takes the struggle of Carrie Maybel in the big city of Chicago as the main line, through the description of her life, love and dream, deeply reveals the inequality and moral dilemma of the American society at that time. Carrie Maybel, a simple and kind country girl, leaves her hometown for Chicago in search of a better life. However, what awaits her is not as good as she dreamed. In Chicago, she is under pressure to survive and has to do things she wouldn't otherwise do in order to live. In the process, she has sex with two men, hoping to change her fate through them. However, instead of finding true happiness, she falls deeper into trouble. Dreiser deeply reflected the reality of American society at that time through the depiction of Carrie's fate in the novel. In this society full of competition and interests, poor people like Carrie face great pressure to survive. They try to change their fate through their own efforts, but they are often defeated by reality. And those bourgeois, in this fiercely competitive society, constantly pursue money and pleasure, ignoring the feelings and rights of others. In addition, Dreiser also criticizes the American capitalist system through Carrie's story. Carrie's tragedy is not only a personal tragedy, but also a tragedy of the whole society. Under this system, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, morality is lost, and people become more and more indifferent. This phenomenon not only makes it impossible for people like Carrie to find true happiness, but also corrupts the social atmosphere. In general, Sister Carrie is a novel of profound social significance. It goes through the struggles of a country girl