Thomas Luck
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Thomas Luck is the infant whose birth transforms the rough mining settlement in Bret Harte’s short story “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” symbolizing hope and redemption for its hardened inhabitants.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Luck canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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infant ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Luck
NERFINISHED
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The Luck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Luck of Roaring Camp
NERFINISHED
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short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California Gold Rush setting
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Roaring Camp miners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
California mining camp
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Roaring Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | flood ⓘ |
| deathEvent | Roaring Camp flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Roaring Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
behavior of Roaring Camp miners
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moral atmosphere of Roaring Camp ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| mother | Cherokee Sal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
brings tenderness to a rough mining community
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tests the capacity for change among outcasts ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
catalyst for moral reform
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central figure of Roaring Camp’s transformation ⓘ |
| nationalLiteraryTradition | American literature ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | California Gold Rush era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyPublicationYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| storyPublishedIn | Overland Monthly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hope
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innocence ⓘ redemption ⓘ renewal ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| themeRelatedTo |
civilizing influence of a child
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community ⓘ frontier life ⓘ redemption of outcasts ⓘ |
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