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本科生毕业论文（设计） 题　　目 An Analysis of Carrie’s Character in Sister Carrie 姓　　名 学号 院　　系 专　　业 英语 指导教师 职称 教授 曲阜师范大学杏坛学院教务处制 An Analysis of Carrie’s Character in Sister Carrie A Thesis Submitted to Xingtan College Qufu Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By Jiao Nana Under the Supervision of Sun Huaxiang ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply indebted to Sun Huaxiang, my supervisor, who has read my draft meticulously and offered inclusive comments on them. Without his help, the thesis could never have reached its present form. My sincere gratitude also goes to all my teachers who have given me excellent lecture and great help, which is indispensable to the completion of this thesis. I also give my hearty thanks to all my roommates who offered me generous help and useful suggestion in the process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to all the writers whose works are referred to in this thesis. ABSTRACT This thesis will make a study about Carrie’s character and the internal and factors that affect Carrie’s character in Carrie Sister which is written by Theodore Dreiser. This thesis divides Carrie’s character into positive aspect and negative aspect. The positive aspect of Carrie’s character is her innocence, simplicity, diligence, enterprising and independence; the negative aspect of Carrie’s character is her vanity and endless desire. Carrie’s character is affected by both internal and external factors. The internal factors that affect Carrie’s character is her understanding of life and her growing of independent consciousness; the external factors that affect Carrie’s character is the social reality and the influence of the two men Carrie meets. According to the analysis of Carrie’s character, this thesis thought that Carrie is an innocent,