# Georg Hermansson — Downstream character guide

> Georg Hermansson in Downstream by Sigfrid Siwertz.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little Georg, Georg, Dear little Georg

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i-the-cry

## Snapshot

Laura's small, unwanted son, put to bed when her parties begin, who draws his mother as a hobgoblin, then repents and makes her a princess.

## Who they are

Georg is the child Laura once displayed as a deserted mother's baby and now hides away as a reminder of her age, handed off to changing nurses and strangers whenever she travels or entertains. He lies awake in the dark listening to her guests through closed doors, loving the parties he is forbidden to join. His lonely, forgiving watchfulness quietly measures the cost of his mother's mirrored self-worship, and it is through his eyes that the household's glitter first looks like something a child must survive.

## Relationships

### [Laura](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/laura)

_romantic_

Georg Hermansson and Laura have a romantic or deeply affectionate relationship, possibly involving rivalry or tension.

### [Laura](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/laura)

_romantic_

Georg Hermansson and Laura have a romantic or deeply affectionate relationship, possibly involving rivalry or tension.

### [Laura](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/laura)

_romantic_

Georg Hermansson and Laura have a romantic or deeply affectionate relationship, possibly involving rivalry or tension.

## In the story

### [X: Laura's Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-i-x-laura-s-marriage)

Newborn son of Laura and Herman, initially rejected by Laura.

### [VI: The Great Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-the-great-dinner)

Laura's son, a shy sixteen-year-old in his first dress clothes, whose honest face provides a contrast to the family's coldness.

### [IX: Peter's Tombstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-peter-s-tombstone)

Georg is mentioned as a prominent engineer in Philadelphia at the time of writing, with a hint he may return home.

## Links

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