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Sunday, December 1, 2013
♪Money, Money, Money, Money... MONEY!♪
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In Sister Carrie, it obvious that Carrie abhors the routine of daily life. She wants the finer things in ligr. She wants to dress as nice a...
Desire and Shadows
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I had but one jaw dropping moment in the whole of Sister Carrie . This moment came when Hurstwood deceived Carrie concerning Drouet, dragg...
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Sister Carrie 2
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Even though Sister Carrie goes through hard times, she eventually finds fame and fortune in the end. However, even with her material success...
Sunday, November 17, 2013
City of Corruption or City of Fancy
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From the beginning the narrator seems to indicate the Carrie’s undoing would happen in the city. The narrator seems to infer that there is ...
I Apologize in Advance for My (Slightly) Feminist Rant
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Why are all the female characters we read about so weak? They are unable to make decisions for themselves. As Dreiser says, “When a girl le...
Hey, I have WiFi this time. Cool.
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I am only about 100 pages in, but already I am starting to see the connections of sexuality in Sister Carrie with the sexuality of McTeagu...
Illusion
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Why is the transition to realism and modernism an ideal period for marriage conflict? As a guy, I sometimes find it difficu...
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