嘉莉妹妹读后感英文

第一篇：嘉莉妹妹读后感英文

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the reason why the author constantly suffered from persecution.The novels have been classified as “banned”, and can not be published in the America.Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to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：嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

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.”

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第三篇：嘉莉妹妹读后感

一个女孩子十八岁离开家时，她只有两条路可走，要么遇到叫人为山东好人，把她往好处引；要么很快地接受了这个世界上通行的道德准则，从此堕落下去。

单纯的心灵之所以堕落，多半是有完全超乎人力的力量造成的。

让我来描述描述他这种人能讨人喜欢的举止和手段有哪些最突出的特点吧，以免我们错过了这一次，以后再也碰不到这种人了。首先当然是鲜亮的衣装，这是必不可少的，否则，他可就一钱不值了。其次是强壮的体格，周身洋溢着对女人热切的欲望。这世上存在什么问题，有哪些赫赫势力，他概不关心；他并不贪婪，只是爱不够那五花八门的享乐。他的手段也总是很简单，主要就是靠胆量—他对女人的强烈的欲望和爱慕制成的胆量。只要一遇到年轻的姑娘，他就会亲切的凑过去，一见如故，巧言悦色，常常会使对方不好意思拒绝。如果女方露出一点调情的意思，他就更会上前跟她套近乎。若是两人“交上了朋友”，他就亲热的直呼对方的名字了。他每次去百货商店，就熟门熟路的在柜台边闲逛，不是故意提些问题，引售货小姐说话。在比较高级的这叫圈子里，在火车上或是在候车室里，他就稍稍收敛一些。不过，一旦出现看起来很容易上钩的目标，他整个心思就全用上了—上前打个招呼，问声好；人家要去特等车厢，他就带路，还帮着提箱子。这些法子不成的话，就挨着人家跟前的位子坐。这样一路上不愁献不成殷勤了----男人的不安分

总有一天会有某位女士写出一套衣服经。女人无论年龄大小，对拎衣服总是十分 精通的。男人的衣装上隐约有一条说不清道不明的界限，为女人区别出什么穿着的男人值得一顾，什么穿着的男人不屑一顾。

他所描绘的这一切使她着了迷，可是她心里又隐隐作痛。在那富丽堂皇的都会面前，她显得太微不足道了，这使他有点难过。她意识到自己不是去享福的。

他感到她身上有某种难以言喻的东西使她平添几分妩媚、几分姿色。她也看出了他对自己感兴趣，这是让女人既喜欢又害怕。她的举止单纯，毫无做作，这正是因为她还没有学会用女人惯用的一些花招来掩饰自己的真心。

我们说出的言辞，充其量只是我们心头千言万语的模糊的影子。言辞是小小的有声纽带，将无声的纷繁的情感与意图联系在一起。

在富裕幻想的孩子心里，在从未出过远门的人们心里，第一次即将进入大城市的感觉是十分美妙的。尤其是夜幕降临之时—在世界由明转暗的神奇时刻，生活由一种景象转到另一种景象。夜色到来的希望！对于疲惫的人，它还有什么没带来啊！在夜里，旧日那充满希翼的幻想又怎能不一再的重现！辛劳的人灵魂在自语：“我就要自由了！”就连最没精打采的人都感觉心中有一种难以言喻的感觉。那便是劳作的重担写下来的感觉。

姐姐随便拥抱一下算作欢迎。这与刚才德鲁埃的殷勤呵护是多么不同啊，嘉利立刻意识到了。在迷茫、混乱、新奇之余，她感到冷酷的现实牵住她的手。纵然有姐姐在身边，她却感到非常孤单，像是波涛汹涌的无情的大海里一伐孤立无依的小船—这是爱情的力量或者说是好感在作怪吧。

第四篇：《嘉莉妹妹》读后感

前几天，妈妈为我买了一本《嘉莉妹妹》，读了它，我仿佛对社会有了一定的了解。它告诉我：现实社会是非常残酷的，没有我想象中的那样简单，它是一个非常复杂的东西。不信？那就让我们一起走进嘉莉妹妹的生活中去吧。

书中塑造了这样一个人物，描述了这样一个故事：嘉莉怀着对大城市物质生活的向往，独自离家闯荡。首先，她住在表姐敏妮家，尝尽苦衷。后来，她以自己的美貌博得了推销员杜洛埃的爱慕，成为他的情妇，逐渐变成了一个挥金如土的阔太太。又由于更大的诱惑跟着酒店经理赫斯渥私奔，由于当时失业的人居多，赫斯渥的酒店也散伙了，工作难找，于是晃荡在家，想靠着嘉莉挣的微薄工资来维持生活。在一次偶然的机会中，嘉莉竟然成了走红的演员，倍受关注，薪水丰厚，挤进了上流社会，并抛弃了家庭逐渐贫困的赫斯渥，以不自觉地残忍将他推上了绝望之路。

故事揭露了资本主义社会繁荣表面底下的失业、贫困和饥饿，对美国贫富对立的社会作了深刻的描写。只有有本事的人将来才能有所作为，才有胆量跟别人竞争，才可能有丰厚的薪水，不至于失业。天啊，现实社会就是那么残酷！知识，是一笔无法掂量的财富，也是一笔无形的财富，成功之神绝不会把灿烂的霞光洒向想不劳而获的人，而给那些有知识，有胆识的人。我坚信，如果你有了一定的知识和胆识，是绝对会得到成功之神的眷顾的！

谨记：不争馒头争口气，将来好要靠自己。我以后一定好好学习，天天向上，做一个有知识，有胆识的人；更要做一个对社会有用的人。今天是祖国的花朵，明天成为祖国的栋梁。

第五篇：《嘉莉妹妹》读后感

《嘉莉妹妹》读后感1

《嘉莉妹妹》主要讲嘉莉长得美貌过人，还有些锋芒毕露的敏感，但对身边的一切际遇却显得相当被动，她首先以自己的美貌博得了推销员杜洛的爱慕，成为她的情人，不久又由于更大的欲望而跟随酒店经理赫斯渥私奔。在偶然的机会里，嘉莉竟又成了走红的演员，挤进上流社会，并以不自觉的残忍将赫斯渥推上了绝望，她对自己的欠缺可谓无知只是天真的沉浸在自己追求的生活和幻想中，无法想象别人怎么样去生活。

读完这本小说，我对文中女主人公嘉莉的虚荣心感到了无奈，虚荣心人人都有，因为每个人都有追求美好的幻想，但是很多人却不知道怎样才能去实现自己的梦想，经验只有一句话——磨难是人生必备经历。人只有经过磨难，才能得到收获。就拿我爸爸来说吧。我爸爸是农村里的，他小时候早上3、4点钟起来种地放牛、掏大粪，直到晚上才能点微弱的煤油灯，在细小的灯光下看书、写字，有时家里实在没油了，还得偷偷的跑出家门在路灯底下看书。

这种磨难使爸爸有一种不同平常人的坚强的毅力，最后爸爸凭着自己的坚强意志考上了研究生，这不就是美好的回报吗?现在我们这个社会的人都只盼望着不劳而获，盼望着有一天不费吹灰之力去过富人家的生活，这根本就是不可能实现的。现在，我想真心的对所有人说：“这个世界根本不会存在不劳而获，只会存在靠自己的磨难来获得成果。”

《嘉莉妹妹》读后感2

十八岁的嘉莉离开了自己的父母和家乡，到芝加哥找姐姐，谋求一份适合自己的工作，到芝加哥，工作十分不顺，付完每周的住宿费后，只有五美分的利用空间，而这些并没有挡住她对大城市的红灯酒绿，富人生活的诱惑。

这个故事描述的是十九世纪末的美国成都市，文中的嘉莉就像是现在中国社会中许许多多离开家乡的打工妹，不同的是嘉莉的才华或许真的很高，她的运气也十分的好，她最后的结局也如电影那样美好，但是平心而论，成功的机会太少，真的几乎不可能出现，就像第一章中的一句话，一个好孩子十八岁离家出门，结局只有两种之一，要么遇到好人搭救而越变越好，要么很快接受了大都市道德标准而越变越坏。我认为是她并没有错，表面上她可以选择。文中的一句话让我记忆深刻，有朝一日，某个女人应该就是这个专题撰写哲学论文。不管她多么年轻。衣着打扮一事她总是完全懂得，品评男人服饰时候，有一条几乎看不见的'界限她能在男人中间区分出来，哪些值得她看上一眼，而哪些根本不屑一顾。一个男人的一旦滑到了这条几乎看不见的界限以下，那就休想得到妇人的青睐。男人的服饰还有另一条界限，可使女人琢磨她自己的衣着打扮。

这句话中字里行间充满了物质，我想社会是物质的，只有人在社会物质上面，才会做社会中美好的公益。《嘉莉妹妹》我并没有读完，也希望在读完时会有新体会。

《嘉莉妹妹》读后感3

在假期里，《嘉莉妹妹》这本书是名著，在文章中有许多的道理和人生哲理。这本书使我受益匪浅。这本书的作者是美国著名的现实主义作家——西奥多·德莱塞。

这本书主要讲了：嘉莉十八岁那年她就独自一人从自己的家乡离开，去往芝加哥生活。她向往物质生活，所以才离开家乡的。

她的姐姐敏妮住在芝加哥公寓的凡步仑街，嘉莉去姐姐家住。她姐姐家很简陋房间的墙是拼凑的纸糊，颜色很不协调。地板上铺的是草席，只有起居室铺了一块薄薄的破地毯。嘉莉在姐姐家的附近找了自己能干的一份工作，她自己长的很漂亮，推销员杜洛埃很喜欢她，所以嘉莉变成了杜洛埃的情妇。但是后来嘉莉又由于更大的诱惑，跟随自己住的酒店里的经理赫斯渥私奔。

在一次很好的机会中，嘉莉竟然办成了走红的演员，在上流的社会中，完成了她的愿望。让赫斯渥陷入贫困，并又残忍的把他推上了绝路。

读完这本书，我觉得嘉莉只是沉浸在自己追求的生活和想象之中，她从未替别人着想过。她的这种性格是由于贫困所造成的。自己一无所有，却只是期求这幸福。