Theodore Dreiser is renowned as a naturalist writer since he wrote at the early stages of the naturalist era. This fact might also have played a significant role the process of titling the book. Dreiser’s sister Emma provided the content for the plot of the novel by having experienced a rather identical fate the protagonist Carrie Meeber does (Lehan 1). Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser which is considered one of the most important city novels in American literature deals with the young country girl Carrie Meeber, who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream. Therefore, if rural people wanted to live the American Dream, the city was definitely an encouraging place to go. Due to urbanization, the industrial revolution in the 19th century and the fast rising of the population in the American cities which also was a result of the Civil War, American cities such as New York and Chicago became not only symbols of hope and a new beginning for African-American people but also an allegory for possibilities in the pursuit of happiness which was often identified with material wealth and status.
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