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Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
A failure and a success. A drifting mind, or a firm decision? What is it that drives us? Is it our instinct? Is it our most primal and animal instinct that drifts us towards new opportunities, that drifts us to the next point in our life? Or is it a firm decision of our mind, a thoughtful decision we make? Who are we? The world surrounds us, and defines us - or do we define the world?
Theodore Dreiser dives in the human being, and presents the reader with a disturbing story depicting the always lost, always demanding, always searching and always desiring soul that dwells in each and every one of us. The characters in this story are as human as they can possibly be - they struggle, they drift and they decide, they make fatal mistakes, they have good or bad luck - but most of the time, they are indecisively rocking in the rocking chair, while thinking about life and its possibilites, terribly afraid to move because they realize that a next step can change everything. This is what makes Dreiser's characters so real - this constant struggle with everything, the fear of rejection, the fear of poverty and fall - this is what makes them arise from the paper in their strikingly terrifying realistic form.
If you could unveil the souls of the people you know - what would you see? Who are we? What do our actions tell us about ourselves? One bad decision and your fate can change in a blink of an eye. Sister Carrie will take you on a ride through the shabby corners of the human mind, through the unwelcoming streets of New York, through the wealth and poverty - and it will leave you wondering: what if ... Ahhh, to be confronted with the harsh reality in its purest form, to shiver and think it all over again, hearing two voices in your head as Hurstwood, Carrie, Drouet, your mom, your friend, your teacher do - as every human being does. Welcome to the mess that comes along with our ability to think - and decide.
Theodore Dreiser dives in the human being, and presents the reader with a disturbing story depicting the always lost, always demanding, always searching and always desiring soul that dwells in each and every one of us. The characters in this story are as human as they can possibly be - they struggle, they drift and they decide, they make fatal mistakes, they have good or bad luck - but most of the time, they are indecisively rocking in the rocking chair, while thinking about life and its possibilites, terribly afraid to move because they realize that a next step can change everything. This is what makes Dreiser's characters so real - this constant struggle with everything, the fear of rejection, the fear of poverty and fall - this is what makes them arise from the paper in their strikingly terrifying realistic form.
If you could unveil the souls of the people you know - what would you see? Who are we? What do our actions tell us about ourselves? One bad decision and your fate can change in a blink of an eye. Sister Carrie will take you on a ride through the shabby corners of the human mind, through the unwelcoming streets of New York, through the wealth and poverty - and it will leave you wondering: what if ... Ahhh, to be confronted with the harsh reality in its purest form, to shiver and think it all over again, hearing two voices in your head as Hurstwood, Carrie, Drouet, your mom, your friend, your teacher do - as every human being does. Welcome to the mess that comes along with our ability to think - and decide.