摘要
Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie is the representative of studying the disillusionment of the American Dream.Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there have been many critics who commented on this work,and its main character Sister Carrie is a controversial person.Dreiser was criticized by critics and readers because he didn’t give any comment on her degener ation.This thesis tries to analyze the causes of this tragedy.In the end,the paper draws the conclusion:the American Dream looks beautiful,but to some extent it is not reliable,just like the foam of soap.It only gives people an illusion.So Carrie’s tragedy is in evitable.
Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie is the representative of studying the disillusionment of the American Dream. Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there have been many critics who commented on this work, and its main character Sister Carrie is a controversial person. Dreiser was criticized by critics and readers because he didn ’t give any comment on her degener-ation. This thesis tries to analyze the causes of this tragedy.In the end, the paper draws the conclusion:the American Dream looks beautiful, but to some extent it is not reliable, just like the foam of soap. It only gives people an illusion. So Carrie ’s tragedy is in-evitable.
出处
《海外英语》
2013年第19期192-194,共3页
Overseas English
