Uncle Billy
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Uncle Billy is a drunken, unscrupulous thief and gambler who betrays his fellow exiles in Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| alignment | immoral ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| betrays |
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fellow exiles ⓘ |
| causes | hardship for the stranded outcasts ⓘ |
| characterInWork | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
John Oakhurst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mother Shipton NERFINISHED ⓘ The Duchess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1869 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
Western fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
drunken
ⓘ
unscrupulous ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| moralFunctionInStory | embodies selfishness and betrayal ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | steals mules and provisions from the exiles ⓘ |
| occupation |
gambler
ⓘ
thief ⓘ |
| partOf | the outcasts group in Poker Flat ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | antagonistic exile ⓘ |
| settingOfFictionalWork | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | California Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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