Cornelius Suttree

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Cornelius Suttree is the disillusioned, self-exiled protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Suttree," living on the margins of Knoxville society in the early 1950s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
human
literary protagonist
appearsIn Suttree NERFINISHED
associatedWith Knoxville waterfront community NERFINISHED
vagrants and drifters
conflict estrangement from family
guilt over his son
creator Cormac McCarthy NERFINISHED
education attended college
experiences bereavement
illness
imprisonment
poverty
familyBackground wealthy Knoxville family
gender male
hasChild illegitimate son
languageOfWork English
literarySignificance semi-autobiographical figure for Cormac McCarthy
livesOn houseboat on the Tennessee River
maritalStatus estranged from wife
modeOfLife self-imposed exile
moralStance rejects family privilege
narrativeRole first-person focal character
nationality American
occupation fisherman
personalityTrait alienated
compassionate
introspective
publisherOfWork Random House NERFINISHED
relationshipWith Gene Harrogate NERFINISHED
J-Bone NERFINISHED
Reese NERFINISHED
religiousBackground Catholic upbringing
residence Knoxville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
settingOfLifeEvents postwar American South
socialStatus marginalized
outcast
themeInWork alienation
free will
mortality
redemption
timePeriod early 1950s
worldview disillusioned
yearOfWorkPublication 1979

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Suttree followsCharacter Cornelius Suttree
Suttree mainCharacterFullName Cornelius Suttree