Joseph Grand
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Joseph Grand is a minor municipal clerk in Albert Camus's novel "The Plague," known for his obsessive struggle to craft the perfect sentence and his quiet, persevering decency amid the epidemic.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Grand canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | middle-aged man ⓘ |
| alignment | ethical humanism ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Plague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
existentialist literature
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philosophical novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
duty
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failure and persistence in artistic creation ⓘ ordinary heroism ⓘ solidarity ⓘ the absurd ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
altruistic
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conscientious ⓘ self-critical ⓘ timid ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | French Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Albert Camus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalState | often anxious about his inadequacies ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | 1940s plague outbreak in Oran ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | novel The Plague (1947) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHobby | writing a novel sentence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of perseverance in the face of absurdity
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symbol of quiet heroism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | example of Camusian anti-hero ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| moralStance | sense of duty to help during the epidemic ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | contracts plague and survives ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | described by the narrator Bernard Rieux ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
modesty and self-effacement
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obsessive attempt to write the perfect sentence ⓘ quiet perseverance during the plague epidemic ⓘ |
| occupation | municipal clerk ⓘ |
| participatesIn | sanitary squads combating the plague ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Bernard Rieux | friend GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Bernard Rieux
NERFINISHED
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Jean Tarrou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | minor municipal clerk in Oran ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | city administration of Oran ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the struggle for expression in an indifferent world
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the value of small, unremarked acts of goodness ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingProjectDetail | constantly revises the opening sentence of his book ⓘ |
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