An American Tragedy is one of the most representative novels of Theodore Dreiser.The novel tells a story of Clyde Griffiths' corruption from an innocent boy into a murderer by pursuing pleasure and high status.Thi...An American Tragedy is one of the most representative novels of Theodore Dreiser.The novel tells a story of Clyde Griffiths' corruption from an innocent boy into a murderer by pursuing pleasure and high status.This paper analyses Clyde's tragedy causes from the historic social environment and the weakness in his personality.The paper can be divided into four chapters.The first chapter is introduction;including the background and meaning of study.The second chapter is the plot of the novel and introduces the main characters.The chapter three analyses the main causes which results in protagonist's tragedy,including social factors,family factors as well as character factors.In the last chapter the writer makes a conclusion that Clyde's tragedy is both the tragedy of himself and the tragedy of bourgeoisie.He is also a victim under capitalist system.展开更多
The assay argues that the Equality-Inequality dialectics is a very complex issue,which reflects many social dilemmas.On one side are the state official commitments to secure,maintain and protect all kinds of formal eq...The assay argues that the Equality-Inequality dialectics is a very complex issue,which reflects many social dilemmas.On one side are the state official commitments to secure,maintain and protect all kinds of formal equalities.On the other side are the natural and genetic distinctions that differ between human-beings while creating and maintaining inequality.In fact,this is kind of a contradiction exists in many fields of social sciences.The essay’s author reviews some of the relevant historical events,such as social mobility,individualism and education and points out on future solutions.Among the proposed suggestions are:1)Embracing Frankl’s giving“Meaning to Life”as a leverage for increasing pleasure of life;2)Recognizing and promoting Creative Individualism as the legitimized ground for inequality;3)Increasing Social Cohesion,required for social empowerment and attaining security and happiness.展开更多
文摘An American Tragedy is one of the most representative novels of Theodore Dreiser.The novel tells a story of Clyde Griffiths' corruption from an innocent boy into a murderer by pursuing pleasure and high status.This paper analyses Clyde's tragedy causes from the historic social environment and the weakness in his personality.The paper can be divided into four chapters.The first chapter is introduction;including the background and meaning of study.The second chapter is the plot of the novel and introduces the main characters.The chapter three analyses the main causes which results in protagonist's tragedy,including social factors,family factors as well as character factors.In the last chapter the writer makes a conclusion that Clyde's tragedy is both the tragedy of himself and the tragedy of bourgeoisie.He is also a victim under capitalist system.
文摘The assay argues that the Equality-Inequality dialectics is a very complex issue,which reflects many social dilemmas.On one side are the state official commitments to secure,maintain and protect all kinds of formal equalities.On the other side are the natural and genetic distinctions that differ between human-beings while creating and maintaining inequality.In fact,this is kind of a contradiction exists in many fields of social sciences.The essay’s author reviews some of the relevant historical events,such as social mobility,individualism and education and points out on future solutions.Among the proposed suggestions are:1)Embracing Frankl’s giving“Meaning to Life”as a leverage for increasing pleasure of life;2)Recognizing and promoting Creative Individualism as the legitimized ground for inequality;3)Increasing Social Cohesion,required for social empowerment and attaining security and happiness.
