Jack Wolff

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Jack Wolff is the troubled adolescent protagonist of Tobias Wolff’s memoir "This Boy’s Life," whose coming-of-age is marked by a turbulent relationship with his abusive stepfather, Dwight Hansen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn This Boy’s Life NERFINISHED
aspiration escape from abusive home
reinvent himself
associatedWithTheme class mobility
family dysfunction
masculinity
attends Catholic school
boarding school
basedOn Tobias Wolff NERFINISHED
centralConflictWith Dwight Hansen NERFINISHED
centralTheme coming of age
characterTrait imaginative
rebellious
resourceful
createdBy Tobias Wolff NERFINISHED
engagesIn fantasizing
lying
experiences domestic abuse
emotional abuse
physical abuse
filmNameVariant Toby Wolff NERFINISHED
genreContext coming-of-age literature
memoir
hasCreator Tobias Wolff NERFINISHED
hasFamilyName Wolff NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Jack NERFINISHED
hasMother Rosemary Wolff NERFINISHED
hasStepfather Dwight Hansen NERFINISHED
isAlterEgoOf Tobias Wolff NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
lifeStage adolescence
medium literature
narrativeRole first-person narrator
protagonist
portrayedAs troubled adolescent
portrayedInFilmBy Leonardo DiCaprio NERFINISHED
protagonistOf This Boy’s Life NERFINISHED
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingPeriod 1950s
settingState Utah NERFINISHED
Washington NERFINISHED
strugglesWith belonging
family instability
identity
subjectOf film adaptation of This Boy’s Life

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Dwight Hansen conflictWith Jack Wolff