The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Harry Cameron Character Analysis

Harry Cameron is a film producer who is Evelyn’s first and best friend when she arrives in Hollywood; they eventually marry and have a child (Connor) together. Though Harry tries to stay somewhat detached from Evelyn, not wanting his secret identity as a gay man to jeopardize her hopes of success, he eventually builds up the courage to tell her about his relationship with Celia’s husband John Braverman. Being married to Evelyn allows Harry to secretly continue his relationship with John (while Evelyn and Celia continue their own secret relationship). But John’s early death leaves Harry heartbroken, and his alcohol addiction worsens. Still, Harry is devoted father, caring for Connor even as he grieves, and he remains committed to Evelyn’s success. He takes Evelyn’s side at almost every juncture, admiring her pragmatism and ambition—qualities he shares with her. Harry dies after driving drunk, and his lover (who turns out to be Monique’s father) also dies. At the end of the novel, it’s revealed that Evelyn removed Harry from the car and claimed he died of an aneurysm to protect Harry’s image.

Harry Cameron Quotes in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo quotes below are all either spoken by Harry Cameron or refer to Harry Cameron. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Ambition vs. Morality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 20 Quotes

“Evelyn!” he yelled.

I liked how the glass between us took the edge off his voice, how it muffled it enough to make him sound far away. I liked the control of being able to decide whether I listened to him at full volume.

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Don Adler (speaker), Harry Cameron
Page Number: 128
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 39 Quotes

Harry laughed and put out his hand. I shook it. “Once again, Evelyn, you’ve got yourself a deal.”

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Harry Cameron (speaker), Celia St. James, Rex North
Page Number: 243
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 45 Quotes

What Max was talking about was a graphic portrayal of female desire. And my gut instinct was that I loved the idea. I mean, the thought of filming a graphic sex scene with Don was about as arousing to me as a bowl of bran flakes. But I wanted to push the envelope. I wanted to show a woman getting off. I liked the idea of showing a woman having sex because she wanted to be pleased instead of being desperate to please. So in a moment of excitement, I grabbed my coat, put out my hand, and said, “I’m in.”

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Celia St. James, Harry Cameron, Don Adler, Max Girard, Rex North
Page Number: 262
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 57 Quotes

With her blond hair and her face thinning out, I was starting to fear that she looked more like me than Harry. Sure, conventionally speaking, she would be more attractive if she looked like me. But she should look like Harry. The world should give us that.

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Harry Cameron, Connor Cameron
Related Symbols: Evelyn’s Blond Hair
Page Number: 337
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 66 Quotes

No one is all good or all bad. I know this, of course. I had to learn it at a young age. But sometimes it’s easy to forget just how true it is. That it applies to everyone.

Until you’re sitting in front of the woman who put your father’s dead body in the driver’s seat of a car to save the reputation of her best friend—and you realize she held on to a letter for almost three decades because she wanted to know how much you were loved.

Related Characters: Monique Grant (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Harry Cameron, Monique’s Father/The Passenger, Monique’s Mother
Page Number: 366-67
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 68 Quotes

Evelyn was never going to let the thing that made her be the thing to destroy her. She was never going to let anything, even a part of her body, have that sort of power.

Evelyn is going to die when she wants to.

Related Characters: Monique Grant (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Harry Cameron, Mick Riva
Page Number: 375
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 69 Quotes

“It was almost as if when I met him, I met this other side of myself. Someone who understood me and made me feel safe. It wasn’t passionate, really. It was never about ripping each other’s clothes off. We just knew we could be happy together. We knew we could raise a child.”

Related Characters: Monique’s Mother (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Monique Grant, Harry Cameron, Monique’s Father/The Passenger
Page Number: 379
Explanation and Analysis:
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Harry Cameron Quotes in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo quotes below are all either spoken by Harry Cameron or refer to Harry Cameron. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Ambition vs. Morality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 20 Quotes

“Evelyn!” he yelled.

I liked how the glass between us took the edge off his voice, how it muffled it enough to make him sound far away. I liked the control of being able to decide whether I listened to him at full volume.

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Don Adler (speaker), Harry Cameron
Page Number: 128
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 39 Quotes

Harry laughed and put out his hand. I shook it. “Once again, Evelyn, you’ve got yourself a deal.”

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Harry Cameron (speaker), Celia St. James, Rex North
Page Number: 243
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 45 Quotes

What Max was talking about was a graphic portrayal of female desire. And my gut instinct was that I loved the idea. I mean, the thought of filming a graphic sex scene with Don was about as arousing to me as a bowl of bran flakes. But I wanted to push the envelope. I wanted to show a woman getting off. I liked the idea of showing a woman having sex because she wanted to be pleased instead of being desperate to please. So in a moment of excitement, I grabbed my coat, put out my hand, and said, “I’m in.”

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Celia St. James, Harry Cameron, Don Adler, Max Girard, Rex North
Page Number: 262
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 57 Quotes

With her blond hair and her face thinning out, I was starting to fear that she looked more like me than Harry. Sure, conventionally speaking, she would be more attractive if she looked like me. But she should look like Harry. The world should give us that.

Related Characters: Evelyn Hugo (speaker), Harry Cameron, Connor Cameron
Related Symbols: Evelyn’s Blond Hair
Page Number: 337
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 66 Quotes

No one is all good or all bad. I know this, of course. I had to learn it at a young age. But sometimes it’s easy to forget just how true it is. That it applies to everyone.

Until you’re sitting in front of the woman who put your father’s dead body in the driver’s seat of a car to save the reputation of her best friend—and you realize she held on to a letter for almost three decades because she wanted to know how much you were loved.

Related Characters: Monique Grant (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Harry Cameron, Monique’s Father/The Passenger, Monique’s Mother
Page Number: 366-67
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 68 Quotes

Evelyn was never going to let the thing that made her be the thing to destroy her. She was never going to let anything, even a part of her body, have that sort of power.

Evelyn is going to die when she wants to.

Related Characters: Monique Grant (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Harry Cameron, Mick Riva
Page Number: 375
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 69 Quotes

“It was almost as if when I met him, I met this other side of myself. Someone who understood me and made me feel safe. It wasn’t passionate, really. It was never about ripping each other’s clothes off. We just knew we could be happy together. We knew we could raise a child.”

Related Characters: Monique’s Mother (speaker), Evelyn Hugo, Monique Grant, Harry Cameron, Monique’s Father/The Passenger
Page Number: 379
Explanation and Analysis: