Claude Sylvanshine
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Claude Sylvanshine is a neurotic, numerically gifted IRS examiner whose anxiety, compulsive thinking, and strange quasi-mystical “fact psychic” tendencies make him one of the most distinctive characters in David Foster Wallace’s novel *The Pale King*.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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IRS employee ⓘ Literary character ⓘ Tax examiner ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pale King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
IRS bureaucracy
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Peoria Regional Examination Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | distinctive character in The Pale King ⓘ |
| employer | Internal Revenue Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Pale King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
anxious
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compulsive thinking ⓘ neurotic ⓘ numerically gifted ⓘ quasi-mystical experiences ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ “fact psychic” tendencies ⓘ |
| internalConflict |
difficulty focusing attention
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struggle with anxiety ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | One of the central characters of The Pale King ⓘ |
| medium | Novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
point-of-view character
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representative of bureaucratic anxiety ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | IRS examiner ⓘ |
| perception | experiences intrusive factual information ⓘ |
| setting |
IRS examination centers
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| skill |
memorization of numerical data
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mental calculation ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
anxiety
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attention ⓘ boredom ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ spirituality in mundane work ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.