Colin Smith

E1041874

fictional character film character literary character

Colin Smith is the rebellious teenage protagonist of Alan Sillitoe’s novella and its film adaptation, whose long-distance running becomes a symbol of defiance against authority and class oppression.

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Label	Occurrences
Colin Smith canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
age	teenager ⓘ
appearsInWork	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	authority and rebellion ⓘ class oppression ⓘ individualism vs conformity ⓘ punishment and discipline ⓘ
characterCreatedBy	Alan Sillitoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterRole	protagonist ⓘ
conflictWith	Borstal authorities ⓘ class system ⓘ
familyBackground	working-class family ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
literaryGenre	social realism ⓘ
literaryMovement	Angry Young Men NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod	postwar British literature ⓘ
medium	cinema ⓘ literature ⓘ
motivation	refusal to be used by authorities ⓘ
narrativeFunction	first-person narrator ⓘ
narrativePerspective	stream of consciousness ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableAction	deliberately loses a long-distance race ⓘ
occupation	long-distance runner ⓘ
portrayedBy	Tom Courtenay NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOf	The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	British New Wave cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ kitchen sink realism NERFINISHED ⓘ
resists	institutional control ⓘ middle-class values ⓘ
setting	Borstal institution ⓘ Nottingham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	working class ⓘ
symbolizes	alienation ⓘ class struggle ⓘ defiance against authority ⓘ individual freedom ⓘ working-class resistance ⓘ
trait	defiant ⓘ introspective ⓘ rebellious ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner → mainCharacter → Colin Smith ⓘ

Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner → fullName → Colin Smith ⓘ

subject surface form: Colin Smith