第1页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制嘉莉妹妹英文读后感嘉莉妹妹英文读后感TheodoreDreiser,borninTerreHaute,Indiana,USA,wasraisedinpovertyandinaGerman-speakingenvironment.HelefthomeforChicagoatage16.AfteraperiodofoddjobsandayearattheUniversityofIndiana,hebecameaMidwesternnewspaperreporterand,inNewYorkafter1894,amagazinefeaturewriter.In1892,marriedSaraWhite,buttheirmarriagewasnthappy,sotheyhavebeenseparatedsince1909andneverofficiallydivorcedSisterCarrie（1900），hisfirstandstillhighlyregardednovel,waswithheldfromgeneraldistributionbecauseofitwassupposedamoral,anditscommercialfailureplungedhimintofinancialdistressandmentalbreakdown.Somereasonswhichcausedthedifficultiesofpublishcanbeseenfromthesocialbackgroundofthesocietyofthattime.Atthetime,United第2页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制Statesisexperiencingarapidsocialchange,itwastransformingfromfreecapitalismtransitiontothemonopolycapitalism.ThewholeAmericanliteraturewasindulgedinidealism,manywriterspreferredtodescribetheoptimisticaspectoflife.Thenovelisregardedasentertainmentproducts;worksisfullofillusoryidealandcoveredbyromanticcolor.Theexploiterandexploiteelivedacompletelydifferentlife.Theuglyphenomenoninthesocietywasnotreflectedinliteratureworks.InSisterCarrie,Dreisertruthfullyrevealsthedarksideofthesociallife,andthatsthereasonwhytheauthorconstantlysufferedfrompersecution.Thenovelshavebeenclassifiedasbanned,andcannotbepublishedintheAmerica.SisterCarrieisaboutayoungcountrygirlwhomovestothebigcitywhereshestartsrealizingherownAmericanDream,firstasamistresstomenthatsheperceivesassuperior,andlaterbecomingafamousactress.IthasbeencalledthegreatestofallAmericanurbannovels.ThepersonallifeofthewriterhasverycloserelationshipwithhisworkSisterCarrie.Therea第3页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制resomesimilaritiesbetweentheauthorandtheheroine.First,theheroinewasborninapoorfamilyjustassameastheauthor.ThatswhytheauthorcanknowsoclearlyaboutthepsychologicalactivityofthepoorgirlCarrieanddescribeditinsuchdelicatewords.Second,itcanbeseenfromthenovelthattheplacewherethegirlchaseherdreamwasChicago.Theauthoralsohasgonetothesameplacetofulfillhisdream.SohesawwhatCarriesaw.Forinstance,howtherichmenlived,howtheyenjoytheirlife,whatwasthepoorslifelike,withsuchalivingexperience,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwassotrulyreflectedbeforeoureyes.Third,theyallonceareearningmeagersupportfrommenialjobs.Forth,theyallhavethesamedream.Dreiserhasadmittedthathewasoncechasedafterthepleasurefrommaterialthings,buthedespiseditafterwards.Carrieslifewasalwayssurroundedbyherchasingforabettermateriallife.Atthebeginning,sheleftherhometownandcameforhersister.Butwhenhersisterslivingcouldntattractheranymore,shewenttothesalesmanDrouet,thenHursthoodandatlastthetheater.Excepttheheroine,thecharacterHursthoodwasnotsohappyinhismarriagelife,sowastheauthor.Hursthoodwassuppressedandlookingforsomethingnew,thrillandbea第4页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制utiful.MaybeHursthoodsmentalstatewasjustliketheauthorsduringthatperiod.SvenHanson,Minnie'shusband,ofSwedishextractionandtaciturntemperament.Asweallknow,DreisersfatherwasaSwedish,asevererigidanddistantman.WecanslightlysupposethatthecharacterofSvenHansonwasoriginatedfromhisfather.AsforCarrie,theressuchasentenceinthebook:“InCarrieasinmanyofourworldingsdotheynot?instinctandreason,desireandunderstanding...
