第一篇：嘉莉妹妹讀后感英文

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, was raised in poverty and in a German-speaking environment.He left home for Chicago at age 16.After a period of odd jobs and a year at the University of Indiana, he became a Midwestern newspaper reporter and, in New York after 1894, a magazine feature writer.In 1892, married Sara White, but their marriage wasn’t happy, so they have been separated since 1909 and never officially divorced

Sister Carrie(1900), his first and still highly regarded novel, was withheld from general distribution because of it was supposed amoral, and its commercial failure plunged him into financial distress and mental breakdown.Some reasons which caused the difficulties of publish can be seen from the social background of the society of that time.At the time, United States is experiencing a rapid social change, it was transforming from free capitalism transition to the monopoly capitalism.The whole American literature was indulged in idealism, many writers preferred to describe the optimistic aspect of life.The novel is regarded as entertainment products;works is full of illusory ideal and covered by romantic color.The exploiter and exploitee lived a completely different life.The ugly phenomenon in the society was not reflected in literature works.In Sister Carrie, Dreiser truthfully reveals the dark side of the social life, and that’s the reason why the author constantly suffered from persecution.The novels have been classified as “banned”, and can not be published in the America.Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress.It has been called the “greatest of all American urban novels.”

The personal life of the writer has very close relationship with his work Sister Carrie.There are some similarities between the author and the heroine.First, the heroine was born in a poor family just as same as the author.That’s why the author can know so clearly about the psychological activity of the poor girl Carrie and described it in such delicate words.Second, it can be seen from the novel that the place where the girl chase her dream was Chicago.The author also has gone to the same place to fulfill his dream.So he saw what Carrie saw.For instance, how the rich men lived, how they enjoy their life, what was the poor’s life like, with such a living experience, the gap between the rich and the poor was so truly reflected before our eyes.Third, they all once are earning meager support from menial jobs.Forth, they all have the same dream.Dreiser has admitted that he was once chased after the pleasure from material things, but he despised it afterwards.Carrie’s life was always surrounded by her chasing for a better material life.At the beginning, she left her hometown and came for her sister.But when her sister’s living couldn’t attract her anymore, she went to the salesman Drouet, then Hursthood and at last the theater.Except the heroine, the character Hursthood was not so happy in his marriage life, so was the author.Hursthood was suppressed and looking for something new, thrill and beautiful.Maybe Hursthood’s mental state was just like the author’s during that period.Sven Hanson, Minnie's husband, of Swedish extraction and taciturn temperament.As we all know, Dreiser’s father was a Swedish, a severe rigid and distant man.We can slightly suppose that the character of Sven Hanson was originated from his father.As for Carrie, there’s such a sentence in the book: “In Carrie—as in many of our worldings do they not?— instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery.She

followed whither her craving led.She was as yet more drawn than she drew.” This seems tells us that the currency of the society is an overwhelming power that pushes one to do something and defines the view of value for the people.I think this sentence is the perfect description for Carrie and all her stories, every choices she made just show us how suitable this description is for her.Through the heroine, the author tries to reveal the human nature nakedly before our eyes.When Sister Carrie ran out of her sister’s home without any money, she met Drouet and he gave her ten soft dollar bills.On the one hand, she felt ashamed because she has been weak to take it.But on the other hand, her need was so dire, she was still glad.That’s the contradiction of her nature.After she met Hursthood, she was attracted by him.On the one hand, she felt guilty.But on another, she was longing for a better life.And it’s also the same situation when she left Hursthood when he became poor.As for Drouet, the book tells us in regard to his pursuit of women, he meant them no harm, because he did not conceive of the relation which he hoped to hold with them as being harmful.He chased women not because he was a cold-blooded, dark, scheming villain, but because his inborn desire urged him to that as a chief delight.That’s the contradiction of Drouet’s nature.Most people say Sister Carrie’s story is a story of her American dream comes true.But I disagree with it.Carrie does have her dream come true, finally she lives a rich life and is admired by others.But what is American dream? It is a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work.While from the book I can’t see a hardworking girl.When Carrie’s looking for a job, she is so timid and can only see the material things that workers get instead of the pain they bear.After she get a job of making shoes in a factory, she does feel happy at first, but soon facing the easy money from she does want to do this work anymore.Of course, as a girl, in such a society, with such economic situation, she might not have so many choices.But, although Carrie did something not so good, I still can not hate this character.Because she’s so real, she just follows her nature to live her life.She’s beautiful and smart, if she is born in a wealthy family, then she will not depend men to live.But no one can choose where to be born;destiny seems just so unfair sometimes.The most pity thing I think is that although Carrie lives a rich life at last, but she doesn’t find the true meaning of living.But the true meaning of life is always obscure;nobody knows exactly what it is.So why bother to think about it, just live our life good.

第二篇：嘉莉妹妹英文讀后感

Vivid Heroine

——On Sister Carrie

Carrie was such an ordinary rural girl at the beginning of the story.Sitting on the seat of a bus, she couldn’t help feeling exciting at the sight of the metropolis’ spectacle.She was impressed deeply by large crowd on the avenue, the spacious square or tall buildings.Far more different from other heroines, Carrie was not a plain pure angel like Snow-white, nor was she brave enough to be a heroine of revolutionist or even a reformer, nor was she so clever as to be a successful career woman who start from scratch.What attracted her most, after her entering this huge metropolis was the incredible fineries, fashion shoes, smart handbags displaying in the shop windows, the jewellerys shining brightly behind the glass.She dreamed that one day, she could wear all of these, jogging gracefully into the most luxurious hotel with focused sights of admiration.And this was not merely a dream.Because she had large eyes which can earn others’ sympathy, even love.She had wonderful figure which can win others’ hearts.However, anything she got, anywhere she reached, had not come from her ambition.Things happened, and then she accepted.That’s what she had just done — just to accept willingly from the bottom of her heart.She was not at all an evil woman who would give anything

for the fortune or fame.However, she would give uo something for a better life when her instinct defeated her intellect.That was Carrie, a girl had her own desire, a human being just like many others in the realistic world.There’s one sentence written in chapter VIII:” When this jangle of free-will instinct shall have been adjusted, when perfect understanding has given the former the power to replace the latter entirely, man will no longer vary.” However, how many people can go that further.And I want to quote another sentence to wind up my essay:

“In Carrie — as in how many of our wordings do they not? — instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery.”

美 國 文 學 論 文

嘉莉妹妹英文論文

系別工 學 院專業電子信息科學與技術學號2011012027姓名張 婷 婷

第三篇：嘉莉妹妹讀后感

一個女孩子十八歲離開家時，她只有兩條路可走，要么遇到叫人為山東好人，把她往好處引；要么很快地接受了這個世界上通行的道德準則，從此墮落下去。

單純的心靈之所以墮落，多半是有完全超乎人力的力量造成的。

讓我來描述描述他這種人能討人喜歡的舉止和手段有哪些最突出的特點吧，以免我們錯過了這一次，以后再也碰不到這種人了。首先當然是鮮亮的衣裝，這是必不可少的，否則，他可就一錢不值了。其次是強壯的體格，周身洋溢著對女人熱切的欲望。這世上存在什么問題，有哪些赫赫勢力，他概不關心；他并不貪婪，只是愛不夠那五花八門的享樂。他的手段也總是很簡單，主要就是靠膽量—他對女人的強烈的欲望和愛慕制成的膽量。只要一遇到年輕的姑娘，他就會親切的湊過去，一見如故，巧言悅色，常常會使對方不好意思拒絕。如果女方露出一點調情的意思，他就更會上前跟她套近乎。若是兩人“交上了朋友”，他就親熱的直呼對方的名字了。他每次去百貨商店，就熟門熟路的在柜臺邊閑逛，不是故意提些問題，引售貨小姐說話。在比較高級的這叫圈子里，在火車上或是在候車室里，他就稍稍收斂一些。不過，一旦出現看起來很容易上鉤的目標，他整個心思就全用上了—上前打個招呼，問聲好；人家要去特等車廂，他就帶路，還幫著提箱子。這些法子不成的話，就挨著人家跟前的位子坐。這樣一路上不愁獻不成殷勤了----男人的不安分

總有一天會有某位女士寫出一套衣服經。女人無論年齡大小，對拎衣服總是十分 精通的。男人的衣裝上隱約有一條說不清道不明的界限，為女人區別出什么穿著的男人值得一顧，什么穿著的男人不屑一顧。

他所描繪的這一切使她著了迷，可是她心里又隱隱作痛。在那富麗堂皇的都會面前，她顯得太微不足道了，這使他有點難過。她意識到自己不是去享福的。

他感到她身上有某種難以言喻的東西使她平添幾分嫵媚、幾分姿色。她也看出了他對自己感興趣，這是讓女人既喜歡又害怕。她的舉止單純，毫無做作，這正是因為她還沒有學會用女人慣用的一些花招來掩飾自己的真心。

我們說出的言辭，充其量只是我們心頭千言萬語的模糊的影子。言辭是小小的有聲紐帶，將無聲的紛繁的情感與意圖聯系在一起。

在富裕幻想的孩子心里，在從未出過遠門的人們心里，第一次即將進入大城市的感覺是十分美妙的。尤其是夜幕降臨之時—在世界由明轉暗的神奇時刻，生活由一種景象轉到另一種景象。夜色到來的希望！對于疲憊的人，它還有什么沒帶來啊！在夜里，舊日那充滿希翼的幻想又怎能不一再的重現！辛勞的人靈魂在自語：“我就要自由了！”就連最沒精打采的人都感覺心中有一種難以言喻的感覺。那便是勞作的重擔寫下來的感覺。

姐姐隨便擁抱一下算作歡迎。這與剛才德魯埃的殷勤呵護是多么不同啊，嘉利立刻意識到了。在迷茫、混亂、新奇之余，她感到冷酷的現實牽住她的手。縱然有姐姐在身邊，她卻感到非常孤單，像是波濤洶涌的無情的大海里一伐孤立無依的小船—這是愛情的力量或者說是好感在作怪吧。

第四篇：《嘉莉妹妹》讀后感

前幾天，媽媽為我買了一本《嘉莉妹妹》，讀了它，我仿佛對社會有了一定的了解。它告訴我：現實社會是非常殘酷的，沒有我想象中的那樣簡單，它是一個非常復雜的東西。不信？那就讓我們一起走進嘉莉妹妹的生活中去吧。

書中塑造了這樣一個人物，描述了這樣一個故事：嘉莉懷著對大城市物質生活的向往，獨自離家闖蕩。首先，她住在表姐敏妮家，嘗盡苦衷。后來，她以自己的美貌博得了推銷員杜洛埃的愛慕，成為他的情婦，逐漸變成了一個揮金如土的闊太太。又由于更大的誘惑跟著酒店經理赫斯渥私奔，由于當時失業的人居多，赫斯渥的酒店也散伙了，工作難找，于是晃蕩在家，想靠著嘉莉掙的微薄工資來維持生活。在一次偶然的機會中，嘉莉竟然成了走紅的演員，倍受關注，薪水豐厚，擠進了上流社會，并拋棄了家庭逐漸貧困的赫斯渥，以不自覺地殘忍將他推上了絕望之路。

故事揭露了資本主義社會繁榮表面底下的失業、貧困和饑餓，對美國貧富對立的社會作了深刻的描寫。只有有本事的人將來才能有所作為，才有膽量跟別人競爭，才可能有豐厚的薪水，不至于失業。天啊，現實社會就是那么殘酷！知識，是一筆無法掂量的財富，也是一筆無形的財富，成功之神絕不會把燦爛的霞光灑向想不勞而獲的人，而給那些有知識，有膽識的人。我堅信，如果你有了一定的知識和膽識，是絕對會得到成功之神的眷顧的！

謹記：不爭饅頭爭口氣，將來好要靠自己。我以后一定好好學習，天天向上，做一個有知識，有膽識的人；更要做一個對社會有用的人。今天是祖國的花朵，明天成為祖國的棟梁。

第五篇：《嘉莉妹妹》讀后感

《嘉莉妹妹》讀后感1

《嘉莉妹妹》主要講嘉莉長得美貌過人，還有些鋒芒畢露的敏感，但對身邊的一切際遇卻顯得相當被動，她首先以自己的美貌博得了推銷員杜洛的愛慕，成為她的情人，不久又由于更大的欲望而跟隨酒店經理赫斯渥私奔。在偶然的機會里，嘉莉竟又成了走紅的演員，擠進上流社會，并以不自覺的殘忍將赫斯渥推上了絕望，她對自己的欠缺可謂無知只是天真的沉浸在自己追求的生活和幻想中，無法想象別人怎么樣去生活。

讀完這本小說，我對文中女主人公嘉莉的虛榮心感到了無奈，虛榮心人人都有，因為每個人都有追求美好的幻想，但是很多人卻不知道怎樣才能去實現自己的夢想，經驗只有一句話——磨難是人生必備經歷。人只有經過磨難，才能得到收獲。就拿我爸爸來說吧。我爸爸是農村里的，他小時候早上3、4點鐘起來種地放牛、掏大糞，直到晚上才能點微弱的煤油燈，在細小的燈光下看書、寫字，有時家里實在沒油了，還得偷偷的跑出家門在路燈底下看書。

這種磨難使爸爸有一種不同平常人的堅強的毅力，最后爸爸憑著自己的堅強意志考上了研究生，這不就是美好的回報嗎?現在我們這個社會的人都只盼望著不勞而獲，盼望著有一天不費吹灰之力去過富人家的生活，這根本就是不可能實現的。現在，我想真心的對所有人說：“這個世界根本不會存在不勞而獲，只會存在靠自己的磨難來獲得成果。”

《嘉莉妹妹》讀后感2

十八歲的嘉莉離開了自己的父母和家鄉，到芝加哥找姐姐，謀求一份適合自己的工作，到芝加哥，工作十分不順，付完每周的住宿費后，只有五美分的利用空間，而這些并沒有擋住她對大城市的紅燈酒綠，富人生活的誘惑。

這個故事描述的是十九世紀末的美國成都市，文中的嘉莉就像是現在中國社會中許許多多離開家鄉的打工妹，不同的是嘉莉的才華或許真的很高，她的運氣也十分的好，她最后的結局也如電影那樣美好，但是平心而論，成功的機會太少，真的幾乎不可能出現，就像第一章中的一句話，一個好孩子十八歲離家出門，結局只有兩種之一，要么遇到好人搭救而越變越好，要么很快接受了大都市道德標準而越變越壞。我認為是她并沒有錯，表面上她可以選擇。文中的一句話讓我記憶深刻，有朝一日，某個女人應該就是這個專題撰寫哲學論文。不管她多么年輕。衣著打扮一事她總是完全懂得，品評男人服飾時候，有一條幾乎看不見的'界限她能在男人中間區分出來，哪些值得她看上一眼，而哪些根本不屑一顧。一個男人的一旦滑到了這條幾乎看不見的界限以下，那就休想得到婦人的青睞。男人的服飾還有另一條界限，可使女人琢磨她自己的衣著打扮。

這句話中字里行間充滿了物質，我想社會是物質的，只有人在社會物質上面，才會做社會中美好的公益。《嘉莉妹妹》我并沒有讀完，也希望在讀完時會有新體會。

《嘉莉妹妹》讀后感3

在假期里，《嘉莉妹妹》這本書是名著，在文章中有許多的道理和人生哲理。這本書使我受益匪淺。這本書的作者是美國著名的現實主義作家——西奧多·德萊塞。

這本書主要講了：嘉莉十八歲那年她就獨自一人從自己的家鄉離開，去往芝加哥生活。她向往物質生活，所以才離開家鄉的。

她的姐姐敏妮住在芝加哥公寓的凡步侖街，嘉莉去姐姐家住。她姐姐家很簡陋房間的墻是拼湊的紙糊，顏色很不協調。地板上鋪的是草席，只有起居室鋪了一塊薄薄的破地毯。嘉莉在姐姐家的附近找了自己能干的一份工作，她自己長的很漂亮，推銷員杜洛埃很喜歡她，所以嘉莉變成了杜洛埃的情婦。但是后來嘉莉又由于更大的誘惑，跟隨自己住的酒店里的經理赫斯渥私奔。

在一次很好的機會中，嘉莉竟然辦成了走紅的演員，在上流的社會中，完成了她的愿望。讓赫斯渥陷入貧困，并又殘忍的把他推上了絕路。

讀完這本書，我覺得嘉莉只是沉浸在自己追求的生活和想象之中，她從未替別人著想過。她的這種性格是由于貧困所造成的。自己一無所有，卻只是期求這幸福。