... an affair with his friend, Hurstwood. In many ways like Drouet, Hurstwood too belongs in the web chain of the duplicitous and hypocritical world of Sister Carrie. Hurstwood on his part pretended that he didn't know that Carrie and Drouet are unmarried; he never told Carrie that he was a married man; he neglected the needs of his wife and children, taking ... to pop its jagged head in almost every scene in Sister Carrie. We see that Julia is dissatisfied with her husband's relative wealth and social standing. She aspired to be part of the upper, elitist class by marrying her daughter Jes...

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