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The Unjust Treatment of Characters in Jennie Gerhardt
Introduction
Jennie Gerhardt is a novel authored by Theodore Dreiser that was first published in 1911. Dreiser tells a tale of an unhappy woman from the working class who faces and accepts various adversities in life. Circumstances force her into becoming the mistress of two powerful and wealthy men to help her family get out of the impoverished conditions.
Thesis statement: This text is an analysis of the unjust treatment of the characters in Theodore Dreiser’s novel Jennie Gerhardt including Jennie Gerhardt, Wilhelmina Vesta, and Mrs. Gerhardt, and William Gerhardt.
Body Paragraph 1-Jennie Gerhardt
Gets romantically involved with Senator George Brander
Brander dies of heart attack leaving her pregnant
Gets involved with Lester, but his family oppose their relationship
Her daughter dies tragically from typhoid fever.
Body Paragraph 2-Vesta
An illegitimate daughter
Her father dies tragically from heart attack
Jennie hides her existence from Lester
Dies of typhoid
Body Paragraph 3-Jennie’s mother (Mrs. Gerhardt)
Hardworking yet poor
Works as a maid with Jennie
Body Paragraph 4-William Gerhardt
His children besides Jennie abandon him
Hardworking glass blower but still poor
Dies of old age in the care of Jenny
Conclusion
Thesis restatement: Jenny Gerhardt, Wilhelmina Vesta, Mrs. Gerhardt, and William Gerhardt are some of the characters that go through unjust treatment in Theodore Dreiser’s novel Jennie Gerhardt.
