The novel "Sister Carrie" takes place around 1889. Chicago and New York have as much important role in the novel as the characters. These cities not only provide an environmental setting for the novel but also influence its characters in very powerful way. Carrie Meeber takes the train from Columbia City and set for Chicago to start a new life with her sister. Columbia City was ... a small city and Carrie felt it didn't have much to offer anyone who wanted to make something of them. Carrie believed that in Chicago she would be able to find work and earn good money. Them she realized Chicago w...

• Word Count: 662
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... need a man to survive, for the increased efficiency created by the improved technology created new career opportunities for females. A very important and insightful book from this time period, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, accurately depicts the roots of these changes. With the increased travel and job opportunities created by the revolution, the United States began to experience an unprecedented wave of urbanization. In ... the big city (Chicago), an unprecedented concept, via the newly built rails. It suggested that women, like men, could now be identified by their careers, and pu...

• Word Count: 2026
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate