Task
-Write a plot summary.
-In order to write plot summary on a short story you have to follow the instruction below.
-Read carefully the short story to understand it as whole
-Find the major events taking place in the story
-Omit minor characters of the story
-Write it in brief as soon as possible
-Use present tences
-Write it in complex sentences and use variety of conjunction to make the meaning of it clearer
-Check if there is a mistake in logical order
Here you have a short story
Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline "Sister Carrie" Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and her husband Sven Hanson, have agreed to take her in. On the train, Carrie meets Charles Drouet, a traveling salesman, who is attracted to her because of her simple beauty and unspoiled manner. They exchange contact information, but upon discovering the "steady round of toil" and somber atmosphere at her sister's flat, she writes to Drouet and discourages him from calling on her there.
-Read the story and write plot summary of it like the one of Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreizer.
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