Dreiser followed his philosophy he typically had several affairs at once. com 1), Poe, and Spenser, from which he created two philosophical theories: social Darwinism governs society (Parker 203), and man’s greatest appetite is sexual (kirjasto. While wandering, he studied the writings of Balzac, Darwin, Freud, Hawthorne, Huxley (wwnorton. Within months, the two separated permanently, and Dreiser became a nomad. Louis’s Globe-Democrat, which gave him a glimpse of high society. Instead of preaching, he instantly abandoned his unsuccessful family for the promise of riches and women in industrial Chicago.Īfter living in abject poverty for years (Parker 203), he worked as a journalist for both Chicago Globe and St. That obsession led 13-year old Dreiser to Indiana University, which he flunked out of. ” For Dreiser and his most famous character, Clyde Griffiths, living the American Dream - the evasive pinnacle of success - became an obsession. For most Americans, these were collectively “The American Dream. Certain that his parents were failures because of their strong morals and their constant preaching, he rebelled.ĭreiser had no friends, money, social status, or sex life, which he craved. While travelling, his mother taught him to avoid degrading and destructive experiences (Hart 236). Their nomadic lifestyle meant that Dreiser did not have any companions outside his family. By this time, his parents were poor, nomadic preachers. Theodore Dreiser, the twelfth of 13 children, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1871. fi 1).Īfter a beam hit his head, Dreiser’s father was subject to dramatic mood swings this brain damage caused him to became an evangelist (Survey of American Literature 571). Before Theodore Dreiser was born, his father, a devout German immigrant, lost everything when his large wool mill burned down (kirjasto. But what makes this novel a classic? While society has changed dramatically since 1925, Dreiser’s novel, which shows the futility of “The American Dream” and the tragedies that trying to live it can cause, accurately summarizes social mores of this and any time period. An American Tragedy is an intriguing, frighteningly realistic journey into the mind of a murderer.
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