Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there has been a tense discussion on the desire of the Carrie.Many critics focus on the conspicuous desire that drives Carrie to be a social climber.Indeed,desire is the driving ...Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there has been a tense discussion on the desire of the Carrie.Many critics focus on the conspicuous desire that drives Carrie to be a social climber.Indeed,desire is the driving force for Carrie.But we can’t generalize all her longings as desire or use"desire"to describe Carrie’s different needs at different life stage.Here,the author attempts to analyze Carrie’s desire in detail and form a better understanding of her desire by using Maslow’s Needs-Hierarchy Theory.展开更多
文摘Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there has been a tense discussion on the desire of the Carrie.Many critics focus on the conspicuous desire that drives Carrie to be a social climber.Indeed,desire is the driving force for Carrie.But we can’t generalize all her longings as desire or use"desire"to describe Carrie’s different needs at different life stage.Here,the author attempts to analyze Carrie’s desire in detail and form a better understanding of her desire by using Maslow’s Needs-Hierarchy Theory.
