问答题
Oh Carrie, Carrie! Oh, blind strivings of the human heart! Onward, onward, it saith, and where beauty leads, there it follows. Whether it be the tinkle of a lone sheep bell o"er some quiet landscape, or the glimmer of beauty in sylvan places, or the show of soul in some passing eye, the heart knows and makes answer, following. It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking-chair, by your widow dreaming, shall you long, along. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.
【正确答案】正确答案：The given excerpt is extracted from Theodore Dreiser"s Sister Carrie. It is a narrative intervention proclaiming the disillusion of American Dream, as Carrie finds no fulfillment in her economic success and wealth. Another major symbol in the book—the rocking chair—also appears twice in the excerpt. A rocking chair requires effort to create movements, but this movement never gets the rocker anywhere, which best embodies Dreiser"s determinist belief that men are not free agents but driven by "chemisms" and that despite a hard attempt, their efforts get them nowhere.