Kimball O'Hara

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Kimball O'Hara is the orphaned Irish-Indian boy and streetwise spy-in-training who serves as the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Kim."

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Kimball O'Hara canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
ageAtStartOfStory boy
appearsIn Kim
associatedEmpire British Empire
associatedWith The Great Game
childOf Irish soldier
closeCompanion Tibetan lama
creator Rudyard Kipling
culturalIdentity straddles British and Indian cultures
ethnicity Irish-Indian
familyName O'Hara
fictionalUniverse The Great Game
surface form: Rudyard Kipling's Kim universe
firstAppearanceYear 1901
gender male
givenName Kimball
hasSkill disguise
espionage
street survival
journeysWith Tibetan lama
languageOfWork English
literaryGenre adventure novel
spy fiction
literaryWorkAuthor Rudyard Kipling
medium novel
nationality British
nickname Kim
notableTrait multilingual
resourceful
streetwise
occupation messenger
spy
orphanStatus orphan
protagonistOf Kim
publisherOfFirstAppearance Macmillan Publishers
religiousContext raised among Indians of various faiths
role protagonist
setIn Lahore
Himalayas
surface form: the Himalayas
setting British India
themeInvolvement coming of age
identity
imperialism
timePeriod late 19th century
trainedBy British intelligence

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Rudyard Kipling famousCharacterCreated Kimball O'Hara
Kim (novel) mainCharacter Kimball O'Hara
Kim (novel) protagonist Kimball O'Hara
Kim (novel) titleCharacter Kimball O'Hara
Kim mainCharacter Kimball O'Hara
Kim hasCharacter Kimball O'Hara
Kim hasTitleCharacter Kimball O'Hara