Frank Ross

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Frank Ross is a fictional rancher whose murder sets the revenge-driven plot in Charles Portis's novel "True Grit" into motion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
rancher
appearsIn True Grit NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBy Charles Portis NERFINISHED
associatedTheme frontier life
justice
revenge
causeOfDeath murder
countryOfFictionalResidence United States NERFINISHED
createdBy Charles Portis NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel True Grit
genreOfWorkAppearedIn Western novel
hasAdaptationAppearance True Grit (1969 film) NERFINISHED
True Grit (2010 film) NERFINISHED
hasRelative Mattie Ross NERFINISHED
killedBy Tom Chaney NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
medium literature
narrativeFunction inciting incident character
narrativelySignificantEvent murder
occupation rancher
relationshipToMattieRoss father GENERATED
roleInPlot murder sets revenge-driven plot in motion
settingOfLife Arkansas NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence late 19th century
workType novel

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Tom Chaney kills Frank Ross
Each Dawn I Die mainCharacter Frank Ross