Sister Carrie · Character

George Hurstwood Jr.

Hurstwood's son who works at a Chicago department store.

minor

Also known as George, young George, George Jr.

First appearance: IX: Convention’s Own Tinderbox: The Eye That Is Green

George Hurstwood Jr. shows up with force in IX: Convention’s Own Tinderbox: The Eye That Is Green. The page is where that presence becomes real.

George Hurstwood Jr. first appears in 0008 ix convention s own tinderbox the eye that is green.

In IX: Convention’s Own Tinderbox: The Eye That Is Green: George Jr. is twenty years old, works in real estate, and is saving money for investments. He is somewhat vain and pleasure-loving, but keeps his plans and desires private from his family.

Later, in Of the Lamps of the Mansions: The Ambassador’s Plea: Mentions seeing his father at McVickar's theatre, inadvertently prompting his mother's suspicions.

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IX: Convention’s Own Tinderbox: The Eye That Is Green
George Jr. is twenty years old, works in real estate, and is saving money for investments. He is somewhat vain and pleasure-loving, but keeps his plans and desires private from his family.
Of the Lamps of the Mansions: The Ambassador’s Plea
Mentions seeing his father at McVickar's theatre, inadvertently prompting his mother's suspicions.
XXII: The Blaze of the Tinder: Flesh Wars with the Flesh
Mentioned as frolicking with a dog in the yard, representing the younger generation's self-absorption and the family's growing disunity.
XXV: Ashes of Tinder: The Loosing of Stays
Hurstwood Jr. is mentioned as the son who has not sent his father any word, adding to Hurstwood's sense of isolation and family estrangement.

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