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Lola Osborne introduces Carrie to a number of young men, many who are interested in impressing Carrie and winning her affections. However, Carrie, unlike Lola, does not enjoy these overtures. After her experiences with Drouet and Hurstwood, Carrie is quite disillusioned with men of the flattering sort. Men can “change and fail,” and “flattery in its most palpable form” is nothing but mere words. Carrie desires “kindly superiority” and “genius” in a man. Ames presents in her mind as a sort of ideal.
In this passage, Dreiser shows that Carrie has made another distinction in class. Initially, she only perceived…