# Hilda Hooven — The Octopus character guide

> Hilda Hooven in The Octopus by Frank Norris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hilda, Little Hilda, Hilda Hooven

**First appearance:** 0005-book-i

## Who they are

Minna's younger sister, who suffers alongside her family.

## Relationships

### [Minna Hooven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_octopus_se/characters/minna_hooven)

_family_

Hilda and Minna Hooven are mother and daughter, struggling together in poverty and desperation after the railroad destroys their livelihood.

### [Minna Hooven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_octopus_se/characters/minna_hooven)

_family_

Hilda and Minna Hooven are mother and daughter, struggling together in poverty and desperation after the railroad destroys their livelihood.

### [Minna Hooven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_octopus_se/characters/minna_hooven)

_family_

Hilda and Minna Hooven are mother and daughter, struggling together in poverty and desperation after the railroad destroys their livelihood.

## In the story

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_octopus_se/chapters/v)

Sitting on a horse hitched to the seeder, excited and holding onto the harness.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_octopus_se/chapters/viii)

Starving and bewildered, she follows her mother through the streets and finally lies down with her under a bush on a hilltop.

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