本文从消费主义视角出发,围绕消费欲望与伦理道德之间的关系展开论证,重新解读德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》。通过对男女主人公因消费欲望膨胀导致道德沉沦进而引起命运变迁等相互关系的分析,进一步论证德莱塞在文本中渗透的消费主义文化批判思想。德莱塞对消费主义文化价值观持有质疑、反思与批判的态度。对当今我国社会的消费现实仍有深刻的指导与借鉴意义。 This article from the perspective of consumerism, focusing on the relationship between consumer desires and ethics to argue, re-read Dreiser’s “Sister Carrie.” Through the analysis of the interrelationship between hero and heroine due to the expansion of the desire for consumption, which leads to the change of fate and moral degeneration, it further proves Dreiser’s consummatory cultural critique in the text. Dreiser holds the attitude of doubt, reflection and criticism on the cultural values ​​of consumerism. There is still profound guidance and reference to the present consumption of our society.