Jake Holman

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Jake Holman is the rebellious and mechanically gifted U.S. Navy machinist’s mate who serves as the central protagonist in the novel and film "The Sand Pebbles," embodying themes of individuality, duty, and cultural conflict in 1920s China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptedInto feature film
affiliation United States Navy NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre historical drama
war film
war novel
characterTrait independent
individualistic
mechanically gifted
nonconformist
rebellious
conflictContext Chinese civil unrest in the 1920s
createdBy Richard McKenna NERFINISHED
fictionalEra interwar period
language English (dialogue)
mediumOfOrigin novel
militaryBranchInFiction U.S. Navy NERFINISHED
moralPosition conflicted about military intervention
narrativeFunction explores clash between personal conscience and duty
lens on Western presence in China
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInFiction American
occupation machinist’s mate
portrayedBy Steve McQueen NERFINISHED
relationshipToTechnology deeply attached to machinery GENERATED
roleIn The Sand Pebbles (film) NERFINISHED
The Sand Pebbles (novel) NERFINISHED
servesOn USS San Pablo NERFINISHED
settingPlace China NERFINISHED
settingTime 1920s
thematicAssociation cross-cultural misunderstanding
cultural conflict
duty
imperialism
individuality
moral ambiguity
vesselTypeServedOn gunboat

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The Sand Pebbles mainCharacter Jake Holman