嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

嘉莉妹妹英文读后感 嘉莉妹妹英文读后感 嘉莉妹妹英文读后感 Thedre Dreiser, brn in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, as raised in pverty and in a German-speaking envirnment. He left hme fr Chicag at age 1 6. After a perid f dd jbs and a year at the Univer‎‎sity f Indiana, he became a Midestern nespaper reprter and, in Ne Yrk after 1894, a magazine feature riter. In 1892, married Sara hite, but their marriage asn t happy, s they have been separated since 1909 and never fficially divr‎‎ced Sister Carrie (1900)， his first and still highly regarded nvel, as ithheld frm general distributin because f it as suppsed amral, and its mercial failure plunged him int financial distress and mental breakdn. Sme reasns hich caused the difficulties f publish can be seen frm the scial backgrund f the sciety f that time. At the time, United States is experiencing a rapid scial change, it as transfrming frm free capitalism transitin t the mnply capitalism. The hle American literature as indulged in idealism, many riters preferred t describe the ptimisti‎‎c aspect f life. The nvel is regarded as entertainment prducts; rks is full f illusry ideal and cvered by rmantic clr. The expliter and explitee lived a pletely different life. The ugly phenmenn in the sciety as nt reflected in li‎‎terature rks. In Sister Carrie, Dreiser truthfully reveals the dark side f the scial life, and that s the reasn hy the authr cnstantly suffered frm persecutin. The nvels have been classified as banned , and can nt be published in ‎‎the America. Sister Carrie is abut a yung cuntry girl h mves t the big city here she starts realizing her n American Dream, first as a mistress t men that she perceives as superir, and later being a famus actress. It has been called the greatest f all American urban nvels. The persnal life f the riter has very clse relatinship ith his rk Sister Carrie. There are sme similarities beteen the authr and the herine. First, the herine as brn in a pr family just as same as the authr. That s hy the authr can kn s clearly abut the psychlgical activity f the pr girl Carrie and described it in such delicate rds. Secnd, it can be seen frm the nvel that the place here the girl chase her dream as Chicag. The authr als has gne t the same place t fulfill his dream. S he sa hat Carrie sa. Fr instance, h the rich men lived, h they enjy their life, hat as the pr s life like, ith such a living experience, the gap beteen the rich and the pr as s truly reflected befre ur eyes. Third, they all nce are earning meager supprt frm menial jbs. Frth, they all have the same dream. Dreiser has admitted that he as nce chased after the pleasure frm material things, but he despised it afterards. Carrie s life as alays surrunded by her chasing fr a better material life. At the beginning, she left her hmetn and came fr her sister. But hen her sister s living culdn t attract her anymre, she ent t the salesman Druet, then Hursthd and at last the theater. Except the herine, the character Hursthd as nt s happy in his marriage life, s as the authr. Hursthd as suppressed and lking fr smething ne, thrill and beautiful. Maybe Hursthd s mental state as just like the authr s during that perid. Sven Hansn, Minnie's husband, f Sedish extractin and taciturn temperament. As e all kn, Dreiser s father as a Sedish, a severe rigid and distant man. e can slightly suppse that the character f Sven Hansn as riginated frm his father. As fr Carrie, there s such a sentence in the bk: In Carrie as in many f ur rldings d they nt? instinct and reasn, desire and understanding, ere at ar fr the mastery. She flled hither her craving led. She as as yet mre dran than she dre. This seems tells us that the currency f the sciety is an verhelming per that pushes ne t d smething and defines the vie f value fr the peple. I think this sentence is the perfect descriptin fr Carrie and all her stries, every chices she made just sh us h suitable this descriptin is fr her. Thrugh the herine, the authr tries t reveal the human nature nakedly befre ur eyes. hen Sister Carrie ran ut f her sister s hme ithut any mney, she met Druet and he gave her ten sft dllar bills. n the ne hand, she felt ashamed because she has been eak t take it. But n the ther hand, her need as s dire, she as still glad. That s the cntradictin f her nature. After she met Hursthd, she as attracted by him. n the ne hand, she felt guilty. But n anther, she as lnging fr a better life. And it s als the same situatin hen she left Hursthd hen he became pr. As fr Druet, the bk tells us in regard t his pursuit f men, he meant them n harm, bec‎‎ause he did nt cnceive f the relatin hich he hped t hld ith them as being harmful. He chased men nt because he as a cld-blded, dark, scheming villain, but because his inbrn desire urged him t that as a chief delight. That s the cntradictin f Druet s ‎‎nature. Mst peple say Sister Carrie s stry is a stry f her American dream es true. But I disagree ith it. Carrie des have her dream e true, finally she lives a rich life and is admired by thers. But hat is American dream? It is a set f ideals in hich‎‎ freedm includes the pprtunity fr prsperity and success, and an upard?scial mbility?achieved thrugh hard rk. hile frm the bk I can t see a hardrking girl. hen Carrie s lking fr a jb, she is s timid and can nly see the material things that rkers get instead f the pain they bear. After she get a jb f making shes in a factry, she d‎‎es feel happy at first, but sn facing the easy mney frm she des ant t d this rk anymre. f curse, as a girl, in such a sciety, ith such ecnmic situatin, she might nt have ‎‎s many chices. But, althugh Carrie did smething nt s gd, I still can nt hate this character. Because she s s real, she just flls her nature t live her life. She s beautiful and smart, if she is brn in a ealthy family, then she ill nt depend men t live. But n ne can chse here t be brn; destiny seems just s unfair smetimes. The ms‎‎t pity thing I think is that althugh Carrie lives a rich life at last, but she desn t find the true meaning f living. But the true meaning f life is alays bscure; nbdy kns exactly hat it is. S hy bther t think abut it, just live ur life gd.