Author’s Perspective: Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was brought up in poverty and his family had the worst of luck. LIke Carrie he moved to Chicago to start his life at the age of 15 (Hussmann) , he hopped around from job to job until his former teacher offered him an opportunity to study at Indiana University. He started his journalism career in Chicago as a newspaper reporter ( Riggo) as the years went on he believed that, “Human beings are helpless in the grip of instincts and social forces beyond their control” (Dreiser) ; he also judged the society based on its contest between the strong and the weak or rich and poor. (Riggo) From Chicago he moved to New York and married a woman named Sara White. Dreiser became unsatisfied
Theodore Dreiser was brought up in poverty and his family had the worst of luck. LIke Carrie he moved to Chicago to start his life at the age of 15 (Hussmann) , he hopped around from job to job until his former teacher offered him an opportunity to study at Indiana University. He started his journalism career in Chicago as a newspaper reporter ( Riggo) as the years went on he believed that, “Human beings are helpless in the grip of instincts and social forces beyond their control” (Dreiser) ; he also judged the society based on its contest between the strong and the weak or rich and poor. (Riggo) From Chicago he moved to New York and married a woman named Sara White. Dreiser became unsatisfied