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?