# George Hurstwood Jr. — Sister Carrie character guide

> George Hurstwood Jr. in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** George, young George, George Jr.

**First appearance:** 0008-ix-convention-s-own-tinderbox-the-eye-that-is-green

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [IX: Convention’s Own Tinderbox: The Eye That Is Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/xii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/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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