Sister Carrie and American DreamWhat is American Dream?The so-called American Dream , is a belief that as long as the United States after a hard struggle will be able to achieve the ideal of a better life.That is, people have to work through their own hard work, courage, creativity and determination to move towards Prosperity, rather than rely on specific social classes and other assistance,and life should be better and richer .Sister Carrie was originally a pure rural girl. When she was young, she dreamed of the fairy tale palace and a variety of luxurious .So when Carrie grow up ,she with no hesitation to pick cities to meet her own satisfaction . As she grew ,she begin to be tired of the village boring, dull and depressive life.So she said goodbye to her parents alone and to her sister‟s home in Chicago to find her own happy life. On her way to Chicago ,she encountered Drouet on the train for Chicago and after getting off the train, Drouet asked for taking the package for Carrie, she said, "very kind of you." and felt that it is really lucky to get the such complaisant care in strange land. But Carrie didn't know Drouet was a person who only relies on the strong desire and adoration for women and made women happy. She came to Chicago to stay with her sister and brother-in-law‟s home and had to look for a job by herself, and then when she got a job, she must pay for the fees of meals to her sister. After her arrival ,she went out to look for a job, run the whole day, finally found a shoe factory.However,the salary is extremely low , working hours is extremely long ,and working conditions are extremely terrible, but she endured.After a few weeks she was ill and lost her job. After she was unemployment, she was not welcomed, they proposed her to return home.In face of unemployment, sickness, relatives and other practical indifference, prompted her to abandon the original conviction.The First Reality and Dreams ShatteredRural girl Carrie was born in a poor family,but her vanity is very stong and yearn for city life .So she farewelled to her parents and came to Chicago looking for big city dreams and to find her own happy life . However,bustling Chicagometropolitan life and her sister's living condition strongly contrast with her imagination which made her feel lost..After she came to Chicago ,she found that and she could‟t find a decent job,and immediately became unemployed . She fall into poverty and disease .At that time, Carrie realized that great differences between rich and poor.So she strongly desire to have beautiful clothes and decent house and lead a elegant life. Under the cruel reality, all her hopes were ruined.The Second Reality and Dreams ShatteredIn face of the unemployment and poverty as well as to the desperate for money .In order to survive and achieve her dreams, Sister Carrie received the money and house which Drouet given and farewells to her sister and become a young salesman lover of Drouet who dumped for her beauty and he promises to Carrie a better life in the future, so she betray her own body, to become his mistress.At that time, she had led a safe and comfortable life, no longer work for $4.5. However,Drouet is just a playboy, he did not want him to suffer to the restrictions of marriage,. Drouet always have a excuse to delay their weeding ,So Carrie would be discarded at any time.Third Reality and Dreams ShatteredCarrie has been not get married and has not got what she wanted .She didn't satisfy her current life, but want to pursue the much richer, more status of life.At that time she acquaintance d with Walter Hurst. Carrie's purity , beauty,and elegant manner deeply attracted married Waters Hearst. Walter Hurst madly in love with Carrie. At the same time , Walter Hurst‟s manner and status became Carrie to achieve her dream and a pedal. .So Carrie eventually became the married man's mistress. She was in a situation where a closer step to upper society,have more money and more comfortable life than ever before. During on Drouet …s business,they often date.Finally one day, Walter Hurst‟s wife know all that and requires divorcing with Walter Hurst .Walter Hurst would give up his property, wife and children even steal the company's deposits. Carrie was deceived to elope with him. When Carrie knewWalter Hurst has been married and she was deceived and Walter Hurst lied to her dreams shattered again.Fourth Reality and Dreams ShatteredWhen Carrie know that Walter Hurst has married,she lost hope to their love.Walter Hurst with Carrie fled to New York, and Walter Hearst promised to marry to Carrie . Although Carrie does not love Walter Hurst as ever ,she was glad to get a wife's birthright. Her new life is approaching ,but at the time, the way of Hearst Halter …s business start to let down . Walter Hurst has ever been an ambitious businessman but now he was exhausted and depressed by life and business . Carrie …s dream shattered again.Fifth Reality and Dreams ShatteredAfter the failure of career, Carrie was disappointed to the imaginary life, she can not tolerate Walter Hurst‟s poverty , Carrie Unwilling to live in poverty and there is a strong desire for material and fantasy ,which drive Carrie to decided to go to work. she wants to through her own efforts to achieve her dreams. Painstakingly job search experiences, Carrie finally find a job--- an actor. Once was appreciated by her boss and promoted, and finally she became a star who was known by the people all of the world . When Carrie began to rely on her own strength to achieve her own dreams, she no longer depend on men to get what she wanted life, money and status.Carrie With her beauty, intelligence and superior ability to imitate .She gradually ascend and realized her own”American Dream “namely material meet.At last,she dressed in gorgeous clothes and lived in luxury life,and She began to enter the high society. On the surface, it seems that she has realized her dreams.However, after successful Carrie felt unprecedented emptiness and loneliness ,and she didn't feel happy. Instead, the satisfaction of material even more highlighted the lack of spiritual life.From the work itself,Sister Carrie is an innocent ,simple ,hard-working ,romantic and realistic,and the heart is relatively good ,aggressive and vanity is a strong independent women.However ,in that society ,Carrie is a typical representative of the lower people in the United States who intend to ascend . In order to pursue her dreamsCarrie despite of everything.She has ever been done a salesman Drouet's mistress, and she has ever been done a hotel manager Walter Hurst‟s mistree .Carrie is one of the main characters live in the future.Her fate is full of chance, by chance, she met Drouet, by chance she met Walter Hurst, occasionally, she played Laura on the stage roles she played occasionally in the fore, the achievements of her "American dream"! Although Carrie finally fulfilled her American dream ，Carrie got everything she wanted ---- gorgeous costumes, luxurious villas, and fame. it was a failure.Because she felt empty ,and she can not find the real meaning of life, feeling loneliness and desolation ,and the failure mainly attribute to her own desired happiness. ReferencesCondor,JohnJ.NaturalisminAmericanFiction: The Classic Phase.Lexington:University Press“Kentucky,1984.Wang Gang Hua. Sister Carrie's desire and drive [J]. Foreign literature Press , 2002 . Shi Zhi kang. 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