Sister Carrie Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes

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Quote #10

[…] she began to think of the anomaly of her finding work in several weeks and his lounging in idleness for a number of months. "Why don't he get something?" she openly said to herself. "If I can he surely ought to. It wasn't very hard for me." (38.55-56)

Um, Carrie seems to have a very short memory. In fact, we readers know full well just how hard it was for Carrie to find work at several different points in the novel. What's up with her sudden amnesia?