With Drouet
• She encounters Drouet, who meets Carrie on the train. And he is attracted to her beauty and manner. • He persuades her to leave Minnie and move in with him. She does it. • When Drouet introduces Carrie to Hurstwood, her appearance has improved considerably.Plot SummaryRelationship
Minnie (her sister)
Drouet (a travelling salesman)
Carrie
Lora (a less famous actress)
Hurstwood (a manager of a pub)
With Minnie
• After a few years, the saloon's landlord terminates the partnership. • Too arrogant to accept those jobs available to him, His savings are running out soon. • He humiliatingly urges Carrie to economize. • He ultimately becomes a beggar. Reduced to standing in line for bread and charity, he commits suicide.
• Dissatisfied with the rural life, young Carrie takes the train to Chicago, to find Minnie. • Carrie takes a job in a factory. However, she is shocked by the coarse workers, and the dirty conditions. • She senses Minnie's disapproval of her interest in recreational opportunities, particularly the theater.
With Lora
• Carrie turns to theaters for employment and becomes a chorus girl, soon rises to small speaking roles, and makes a new friend Lola, who urges Carrie to move in with her. • Carrie achieves stardom, but finds that money and fame do not satisfy her longings or bring her happiness and that nothing will.
With Hurstwood
• Hurstwood, unhappy with and distant from his family, becomes infatuated with Carrie, and soon they start a secret affair. • The affair is uncovered. • Hurstwood steals a lot of cash of the resort. Then he lures Carrie onto a train and escapes to New York City. • In New York, He buys a minority interest in a saloon and, at first, is able to provide Carrie with a satisfactory standard of living. • However, He abandons his fine manners toward Carrie.