Sister Carrie 读书报告.doc

1403012230 英语2班 亚夏尔 Sister Carrie Brief Introduction of Sister Carrie The story took place in the late 1880 s and early ninety s Chicago and New York. Novel revolves around a girl named Carrie and a man named Hurstwood. The author used naturalistic writing style adeptly, described a story about girl named Carrie. Carrie is a beautiful rural girl, she went to Chicago to make a living. Unfortunately, the harsh reality shattered her dream., what attracted her were unemployment and disease. In desperation, she became a mistress of a salesman, she submitted to the hotel manager Hurstwood. After the elopement with Hurstwood, she became a popular actor in New York by chance . In the rank and fashion society, she achieved her fantasies. However, what did the so-called upper-class life bring to her? She felt empty, can not find the true meaning of life, lived the lonely and sad, she sat in the rocking chair dreaming weather she could get happiness. Plot Carrie was born in the countryside near Chicago. She was born in a poor family, but her vanity is very strong, to yearn for the rich life of the city. She is typically represents America thought a climb the underclass. However, soon after she reached Chicago became a member of the unemployed, Mired in poverty and disease. At this time, Carrie realized the great difference between the rich and the poor: on the one hand is poor, on the other hand is ZhuMenJiuRouChou. She rely on work to get her imaginary happiness is impossible. She has a young salesman he hurst wood lover and hotel manager. Later, she became an actor in New York by chance, into the bourgeois polite society. When Carrie found her old dream of life is not so attractive, on the contrary, she found herself very empty and boring. Dreiser in the novel also describes hurst wood deliberately. He is a member of the American upper class. On the matter, he lived a prosperous rich life, but