Islands in the Stream (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The late 1930’s and early 1940’s
- Setting: Bimini, Cuba
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Parents and children, Love or romance, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, Fathers, Islands, Death or dying, Painting or painters, Cuba or Cubans, Soldiers, Fishing or fishermen, Submarines
- Locales: Cuba, Bimini, Cuba
Characters Discussed
Thomas Hudson, a successful American painter living in Bimini, a big man, well proportioned and tanned, with hair faded and streaked by the sun. He is twice divorced and still in love with his first wife. Generally a casual person, Hudson is intense and private in his love for his sons, yet he allows them space to be themselves and to grow. Some might see him as a permissive parent, allowing this as the normal behavior of a divorced parent who sees his children sporadically throughout a year, but Hudson appears to grant these same measures to all whom he...
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