![]() Religion and morality have not their place in this period of urbanization. ![]() In fact, her behavior, like that of all the other characters of the novel, is directed by the materialistic atmosphere as well as the philosophy of Social Darwinism that distinguished the urban lifestyle at that time. The American Dream that Carrie experienced is guided by the philosophy of Determinism that characterized the era. The latter determined her faith and actions, and detached her from her morals and traditions in favor of money and fame. Dreiser, known as the author of woman, explores in this novel the issue of woman within the urban environment, by presenting Carrie as being modern, with materialistic dreams. ![]() The present article deals with American woman’s experience of the American Dream in the turn of the twentieth century through the analysis of the dreams of the main character in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie (1900). :To download the pdf version of the research papers, please visit the following link ![]()
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