Dr. Ramirez
Study Guide for Hudson's Green
Mansions
How does Abel apply Reason in the
text?
How is Rima a tabula rasa?
How do Haggard and Hudson compare
in their representation of native peoples?
What is the setting of the novel?
Why does Abel leave Caracas and
what comment is Hudson making about Venezuela and Latin America more broadly?
How does Rima act when she is in
the hut versus when she is in the woods?
Why does Abel compare himself to
the spider and how does this moment correspond with the other moment in
which Abel tells Rima that she is chasing a mirage?
Why does Rima seek the land of
her people?
What is the significance of loss?
How does language operate in the
text?
Why does Hudson pit one tribe against
another?
What side of Abel do we see with
Cla-cla?