Comment-on-Sister-Carrie-2

CommentonSisterCarrieTheodoreDreiserisoneofAmerica’sgreatestnaturalistwriters,whowasbornonAugust27，1871.AtfifteenhefledfromhomeandwenttoChicagowherehewasheddishesinacheaprestaurant,clerkedinastore,andpaintedadvertisingsigns,finallyhegotajobonanewspaperandbecameafreelancejournalistandamagazineeditor.Withsomanyexperience,hisfirstnovelwaspublishedin1900.ItwascalledSisterCarriewhichmadeDreiserpopular,andpeoplebecameinterestedinhisworksalloverthecountry,itbegantoshapethedevelopmentofAmericanliterature.WhenfirstarrivedinChicago,moneyiswhatCarrieseeks.Formoney,shesellsherlabortoashoefactory.Formoney,shebecomesDrouet’smistress,latersheforgivesHurstwood’scheatingandliveswithhim.Whenshegetsenoughmoney,shefinallymanagestogetawayfromallmen.SisterCarrietriestoexposesuchrealityinAmericathatmanhastobedrownuponhimselftokeepaliveasbesthecanagainsttheoverwhelmingoddsofthecoldandindifferentenvironment.What’sworse,peopleloseintheirdesireontheirwaytohappiness.Forexample:SisterCarrie’sdesiretomaterial;Hurstoodtoauthority;andDrouettobeauty,allofthemdreamedofwealthandsocialsuccessinthegreatmetropolis.Thisnovelletusrethinkthefunctionofthemoney,theroleoflove,andthetruemeaningofadream.Moneyisoneelementoflove,butitisnotthedeterminedone.Iflovecomeswithmoney,sometimesinthecruelreality,theywillflowawaytogether.Ifadreamisnotbasedonownhardwork,happinessislikeabigbubblewhichwillfinallybeexploded.Whysheencounterssuchmisfortune?It’snotbecausesheisawoman，butherdesireandgreedy.Shedoesnotloveeverybodybutmoney.Moneyiseverythingforher.Therefore，it’sherdeservedtobedoomedatragedy.Allherexperiencemakesherrealizethepowerofmoney,andmoneyiseverything.Drivedbyherdesire,shehasbetrayedthetraditionalvalue.Shefeelsdissatisfiedwithcurrentsituation.Shealwaysequatesmoneyandmaterialwithhappinessnotreallove.Theyreallypursuedthingsaremoneyandhighsocialstatue.Carrieistheproductofthesocialbackgroundandculturalidentity,sheisnotjustthesisterCarrie,sheisthesymbolofthatspecialage.