Character Analysis Of Hugh In The Book 'The Brothers K' By David James Duncan

In the Brothers K by David James Duncan the characters change a lot throughout the the book. One of the main characters in the book is Hugh. Hugh was born in Chicago in 1929. For the majority of this story he is in his early 40's. When he was a kid his father was a high school couch and his mother was a scientist. His mother wanted Hugh to go to collage but Hugh wanted to play professional baseball instead. During WWII Hugh's father went to Germany for fight in the war and was killed. Hugh has six children, Everett, Irwin, Peter, Kincaid, Winifred and Beatrice. He is a good father, even though he does drink sometimes and is always smoking. Hugh was injured early in his baseball career and was stuck in the minor leagues. As he is still trying …show more content…
Hugh is very concerned about about Irwin but there is nothing he can do about it. When Irwin gets home, Hugh drops everything to come see his son. This shows that he is a great father and truly loves his son. It is great that he can put family first even though that is hard sometimes. Hugh wants to get Irwin out of the mental hospital. Irwin is given lots of drugs and electroshock therapy. Hugh does something really remarkable to try to help get Irwin out of the mental hospital. Hugh gives up on his lifelong dream of having a career in baseball and begins a vigil near the hospital. It is amazing that Hugh never gives up on what he believes in. When he wanted to pursue baseball as a career he never let anything get in his way. When Hugh finds something that he loves he does not give up in making sure that he achieves his goal. When he decides that he needs to help Irwin he puts all of his effort into that. Irwin being in the hospital brings the whole family together to try to get him out. The family does succeed in getting Irwin out of the mental hospital. The hospital has taken a toll in Irwin. When he gets out he does not talk for a very long