# Jessica Hurstwood — Sister Carrie character guide

> Jessica Hurstwood in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jessica

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

## Who they are

Hurstwood and Julia's fashionable daughter who cares little for her father.

## Relationships

### [George Hurstwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/characters/george_hurstwood)

_family_

Jessica is Hurstwood's daughter, who is spoiled and distant from her father, showing little concern for his downfall.

### [George Hurstwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/characters/george_hurstwood)

_family_

Jessica is Hurstwood's daughter, who is spoiled and distant from her father, showing little concern for his downfall.

### [George Hurstwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/characters/george_hurstwood)

_family_

Jessica is Hurstwood's daughter, who is spoiled and distant from her father, showing little concern for his downfall.

## 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)

Jessica is a seventeen-year-old high school student with patrician aspirations. She is preoccupied with fashion, social status, and associating with wealthier peers, and she dismisses those she considers beneath her.

### [XV: The Irk of the Old Ties: The Magic of Youth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/xv-the-irk-of-the-old-ties-the-magic-of-youth)

Jessica mocks an acquaintance's trip to Europe, revealing her own desire for social status and travel.

### [XX: The Lure of the Spirit: The Flesh in Pursuit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sister_carrie_se/chapters/xx-the-lure-of-the-spirit-the-flesh-in-pursuit)

Mentioned as influencing her mother's desire to leave the races early for more social opportunities.

### [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)

Engages in a minor argument with her mother over breakfast, displaying independence and indifference, contributing to the household's tense atmosphere.

### [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)

Jessica is briefly referenced as the daughter who, like her brother, has not noticed or communicated with her father, deepening Hurstwood's melancholy.

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