Theodore Dreiser

consistence, and which produces unity and tradition, and transmits itself, and endures.” “A true classic, is an author who has expressed his thought, and who has spoken to all in his own peculiar style” (Hutchins). Theodore Dreiser is the epitome of this very definition. Dreiser drew upon his upbringing, life experiences, and the situations of his family members and transformed these collective experiences into his very first novel, “Sister Carrie”. This specific piece of work is unlike any novel

The picture of the protagonist that Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie, portrays is only a half-truth. By examining Sister Carrie’s character, she is readily deemed as passive, weak, and full of superficial desires and yet in this profoundly inert nature lies the seed for the greater expression of an artistic soul. However, this realization is only drawn out by Ames’s archetypically scholarly eyes (the intelligent but withdrawn engineer); bringing forth the powerful and intimate beauty that

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Philosophies of Sister Carrie
 There are few writers that could create a body of work that encompasses as many concepts as Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie. His novel follows the life and times of Carrie, a ‘country bell’ of sorts who abandons her way of life in favor of a city lifestyle. Through through Carries progress, Dreiser embodies many philosophies of intelligence, experience, and personal growth. Many great philosophers have touched subjects that are apparent in Dreiser’s

Theodore Dreiser was an American journalist and novelist. He was born on August 27 , 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana and died on December 28 , 1945 in Hollywood, California of a Congestive heart failure. His parents were Johann Dreiser , and Sarah Schanab. He was the ninth child out of ten of his brothers and sisters. Dreiser always had a better bond with his mother, Sarah than his father Johann , he blamed him for most of his family problems. As soon as , Dreiser turned sixteen he moved to Chicago

The Naturalist known as Theodore Dreiser Throughout history there has been many great authors that have created even greater works, and some people refer to these as classics. However, what truly makes an authors’ work a classic? “The idea of a classic implies something that has continuance and consistence, and which produces unity and tradition, and transmits itself, and endures.” “A true classic, is an author who has expressed his thought, and who has spoken to all in his own peculiar style”

without working for them.3 Through these actions, some Americans even began to discard traditional American mores and values that were once held so highly. Theodore Dreiser?s novel Sister Carrie is an example of the drastic changes happening in this time period. ?Sister Carrie from the beginning was discussed as a moral problem.?4 Dreiser?s first novel was almost ?consigned to limbo.?5 Society could not accept a novel that disobeyed the social values, mores, and rules of the 1890s.6 Also, society

Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is a simple tale of a young, pretty eighteen year old girl Caroline Meeber also know as Carrie. When Carrie got on the train from Columbia City to Chicago she had only few cheap items in her trunk and her sister’s address on a piece of paper. Being only eighteen she was still "full of the illusions of ignorance and youth"(Dreiser, 7). She was both afraid of the things to come and exited by the countless possibilities offered by one of the largest cities

Naturalism the Great Anyone who has read American literature will know of the significance of naturalism as a literary genre in American literature. Merriam Webster’s definition of Naturalism is as follows: A theory that art or literature should conform exactly to nature or depict every appearance of the subject that comes to the artist’s attention, specifically a theory in literature emphasizing the role of heredity and environment upon human life and character development. Naturalism went from

For instance in James Jones's novel - The Thin Red Line (1962), the inhuman and brutal acts , such as the disinterring of a Japanese corpse for fun, the extraction of their corpses' gold teeth, and the summary execution of Japanese prisoners, all of these explore the idea that each soldier suffers the emotional and physical predicament of war by himself. However, some readers will be grateful to an author who has honestly attempted to tell the truth in his own artistic way. One such person was Romain

the basis of heredity. One's life is governed by environment and heredity which can't be controlled by anyone. Sister Carrie is a novel describing the harsh realities of the American people in an era of urban consumerism which defined that period. Dreiser chose to name his novel "Sister Carrie" because he was inspired by the events which occurred in his own sister's life. The main character of this novel, Carrie