【正确答案】：
FROM HIS FIRST NOVEL SISTER CARRIE ON, DREISER SET HIMSELF TO PROJECT THE AMERICAN VALUES FOR WHAT HE HAD FOUND THEM TO BE-MATERIALISTIC TO THE CORE.LIVING IN SUCH A SOCIETY WITH SUCH A VALUE SYSTEM, THE HUMAN INDIVIDUAL IS OBSESSED WITH A NEVER-ENDING, YET MEANINGLESS SEARCH FOR SATISFACTION OF HIS DESIRES.
【题目解析】：从他的第一部小说《嘉莉妹妹》开始，德莱塞就开始将美国价值观投射到他认为是物质至上的核心。生活在这样一个有着这样一个价值体系的社会中，人类个体沉迷于对自己欲望的无止境、但毫无意义的追求。