Stephen Rojack is a war hero
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Stephen Rojack is the troubled, war-decorated protagonist of Norman Mailer’s novel "An American Dream," whose violent and self-destructive behavior drives the book’s exploration of guilt, power, and moral decay.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Rojack is a war hero canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | An American Dream ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
American Dream
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existential crisis ⓘ masculinity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| createdBy | Norman Mailer ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
guilt
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moral decay ⓘ power ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | novel ⓘ |
| hasBackground | war hero ⓘ |
| hasEducation | former academic ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | television talk-show host ⓘ |
| hasPsychologicalIssue | postwar trauma ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Cherry
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Deborah Kelly Rojack ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus |
celebrity
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public intellectual ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
guilt-ridden
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morally ambiguous ⓘ self-destructive ⓘ troubled ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| kills | Deborah Kelly Rojack ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | postmodern American literature ⓘ |
| moralArc | descent into moral decay ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | An American Dream ⓘ |
| romanticInvolvementWith | Cherry ⓘ |
| servedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | New York City ⓘ |
| spouseInStory | Deborah Kelly Rojack ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
abuse of power
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corruption of the American Dream ⓘ inner conflict between good and evil ⓘ |
| workPublishedInYear | 1965 ⓘ |
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