从嘉莉妹妹看美国梦的破灭
American Dream can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. The broad sense of American Dream is mainly from the perspective of the country, mainly to realize the ideal and pursuit of the country. However, the American Dream in a narrow sense mainly refers to the individual level. Everyone hopes to realize their own value and achieve a happy life through their own efforts. Sister Carrie is one of Theodore Dreiser's representative works and is also considered one of the representative works of naturalistic literature. It focuses on the protagonist Carrie's pursuit of the American dream and mainly tells the Story of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Changes were taking place in various forms in all aspects of The United States at that time, and Carrie, the protagonist of the novel, was 18 years old at that time, and she was full of infinite expectations for life. A person came to the United States Chicago to go to her sister. However, Carrie was not a unique case in The United States. At that time, there were many people in the United States who went to the city with a dream like Carrie to struggle and work hard. Carrie went to the big city to fight for her American dream, but she was like a catkin in the wind, unable to control her own fate." Sister Carrie is the embodiment and representative of the lower class of The United States. "Sister Carrie" makes continuous efforts to realize the "American dream", but her "American dream" can not be realized eventually. Sister Carrie's American dream is generally considered a failure. At the same time, Carrie can actively control her own destiny, and her American dream is a dream of success beyond material pursuit to higher spiritual pursuit.
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