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1The introduction of Dreiser 1.1the life of Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser?(August 27, 1871?– December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the?naturalist?school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and?agency. 1.2Literary style of Dreiser Renowned mid-century?literary critic?Irving Howe?spoke of Dreiser as among the American giants, one of the very few American giants we have had. A British view of Dreiser came from the publisher?Rupert Hart-Davis: Theodore Dreisers books are enough to stop me in my tracks, never mind his letters — that slovenly turgid style describing endless business deals, with a seduction every hundred pages as light relief. If hes the great American novelist, give me the?Marx Brothers?every time. One of Dreisers strongest champions during his lifetime, H.L. Mencken, declared that he is a great artist, and that no other American of his generation left so wide and handsome a mark upon the national letters. American writing, before and after his time, differed almost as much as biology before and after Darwin. He was a man of large originality, of profound feeling, and of unshakable courage. All of us who write are better off because he lived, worked, and hoped. Dreisers great theme was the tremendous tensions that can arise among ambition, desire, and social mores. In 2008, the?Library of America?selected Dreiser’s article “Dreiser Sees Error in Edwards Defense” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime. 2The brief introduction of the whole story In Sister Carrie, Dreiser expressed his naturalistic pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards. In this novel, Dresiser sets to prove that the American value system is materialistic to the core. Living i