What to say about Tom Wingo from Pat Conroy’s Prince of tides in the beginning of the novel he was a man that was unsure of himself during the beginning but grew as a person throughout the novel. He is the main character and narrator of the novel. His personality and love for his sister and his brother are what drives the novel forward. Tom is a middle-aged man who has three daughters and a wife. He was a high school English teacher and football coach which he had lost in the beginning. Tom is a subdued man who once had immense potential but has become depressed and mentally unbalanced by the events of his life. He is flippant and makes jokes, often extremely inappropriate, about everything. He has literally driven his wife into the arms