Caroline Meeber Biography

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In August 1889, Caroline Meeber, otherwise known as Sister Carrie, moves to Chicago from Columbia City to go live with her sister in hopes to be able to fulfill her dream of becoming a star. On the train, she meets a young, good-looking traveling salesman named Charles Drouet who later becomes one of her suitors. She becomes attracted to him due to his fancy clothes and easy attitude, so they make plans to meet again. At the train station, she meets with her sister Minnie who gives off an aura of hard toil which goes against Carrie’s ideals of having fun and pampering herself. Carrie becomes forlorn about the changes in her life such as having to wake up early and working a tedious, menial life of punching holes in shoes. However, Carrie still …show more content…

He lies to Carrie that Drouet got into an accident and without asking too much questions, Carrie decides to follow him onto a train that is actually headed towards Canada. Eventually, Hurstwood tells Carrie the truth and infuriated, Carrie attempts to leave the train; however, since the train is already moving, she can not get off. Later, Carrie agrees to stay with Hurstwood if they marry, and the two have an unvalidated marriage. They share a comfortable apartment, but Carrie soon gets dissatisfied with staying as a housewife. When Hurstwood loses his job and becomes unmotivated to find more work, Carrie goes out to work and gets a part as a chorus girl. As she starts to get better roles, she decides to leave him since he becomes useless to her. She moves in with another actress and breaks off ties with both Drouet and Hurstwood. In the end, Hurstwood becomes a tramp and commits suicide while Carrie becomes a successful stage actor. She gains what she set out for: fame and fortune. However, “amid the tinsel and shine of her state walked Carrie, unhappy” (657). Even if she technically fulfilled her dream, she still lacks love which leads her to be empty and

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