And Carrie Meeber is the representative. Shesufferd from a need that her lives assume the dignity of dramatic form and they sufferterribly because they do not really understand it. Her view to money is “Money something everybody else has and I must get.”Theodore Dreiser 1979 P77 Drouet then becomes her first ladder. When Drouetgive her money for the first time she hesitates. She knows clearly that no deepsinister soul with ulterior motives could have given her fifteen cents under friendshipsince “nature has taught the beasts of the beats of the field to fly when someunheralded dangers threatens” Theodore Dreiser 1979 P79 Here in her superegoshe has a feeble instinct of self-production. However deep in her mind there is astrong desire for better clothes jewelry dinning in halls and plays in the theaters.Then preconscious becomes weak. Id gets upper hand. At last id implies the superegoand Carrie chooses to live with Drouet. When she knows that Drouet’s love is unsteady the appearance of Hurstwoodstimulates her new hope and desire. It is the new hope and desire that compels heractions. “his kind of unfulfilled dreams would beckon and lead her until death anddissolution dissolve their power and would restore her blind to nature’s heart”Theodore Dreiser 1979 P353 When Hurstwood can supply the life she dreams ofshe stays with him if not she leaves. With the degradation of Hurstwood Carrie would not endure losing her dreams.When she meets Mrs Vance Carrie longs for the dainty decorated beautiful clothesand genteel manners. “What a wonderful thing it was to be rich” Theodore Dreiser1979 P385 is the powerful voice of her heart. Without moneyshe leaves again. From the beginning to the end Carrie is just like a machine controlled by thedesires . 2.2 The influence of the environment Environment is a tremendous thing often leads people to a wrong direction. Drouet tells Carrie that Chicago is a wonder and that she will find lots to see.Even her siste tells her “Youll want to see the city.” 1She comes there. She comesto the big web of Chicago in order to pursue a happy life. The prosperous partieslights dinners theatres attract her. she chooses Drouet.As soon as she sees Hurstwood she evaluates his worthhiswealth position and sexuality----by his “rich” plaid vest mother of pearl buttons andsoft black shoes “polished only to a dull shine.” When she meets Mrs Vance Carrielongs for the dainty decorated beautiful clothes and genteel manners. “What awonderful thing it was to be rich” Theodore Dreiser 1979 P385 is the powerfulvoice from the bottom of her heart. She inters another pursuition.3. Dreiser’s exploration ------human desire and revelation of the dark side of human nature From the first novel Sister Carrie on Dreiser set himself to project the Americanvalues for what he had found them to be --materialistic to the core. Living in such asociety with such a value system the human individual is obsessed with anever-ending yet meaningless search for satisfaction of his desires. One of the desiresis for money which was a motivating purpose of life in the United States in the latel9th century. For example in Sister Carrie there is not one character whose status isnot determined economically. Sex is another human desire that Dreiser explored toconsiderab1e lengths in his novels to reveal the dark side of human nature. In SisterCarrie Carrie climbs up the social ladder by means of her sexual appeal. Also in the“Trilogy of Desire”the possession of sexual beauty symbolizes the acquisition ofsome social status of great magnitude. However Dreiser never forgot to imply thatthese human desires in 1ife could hardly be defined. They are there like a powerfulmagnetism governing human existence and reducing human beings to nothing. Solike all naturalists he was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems thatappeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings. Conclusion This short thesis can not cover Dreisers meaningful naturalism. His greatness isin his insight his sympathy and his tragic view of life. Dreiser explorated humandesire and revelation of the dark side of human nature References: 1Bantam. Sister Carrie M. New York: Bantam Classics 1992. p.61. 2 Williams M L. B. Burden. Psychology for Language Teachers M.Beijing: Foreign language Teaching and Research Press/Cambridge University Press2000. 3 Theodore Dreiser . Sister Carrie M. Bei Jing : Foreign Language Teachingand Studing Press 1981 : 136. 1 蒋道超. 德莱塞研究M . 上海: 上海外语教育出版社 2002 : 125 .
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