Dwight Hansen

E301882

fictional character literary character

Dwight Hansen is the abusive and manipulative stepfather figure in Tobias Wolff’s memoir and its film adaptation "This Boy’s Life."

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Label	Occurrences
Dwight Hansen canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life (1993 film) This Boy's Life ⓘ surface form: This Boy’s Life (memoir)
appearsInGenre	drama film ⓘ
basedOn	Tobias Wolff’s real-life stepfather ⓘ
characterTrait	bullying ⓘ controlling ⓘ emotionally abusive ⓘ physically abusive ⓘ
conflictWith	Jack Wolff ⓘ
countryOfOriginWork	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
describedAs	abusive ⓘ manipulative ⓘ
familyRole	stepfather ⓘ
genreContext	coming-of-age story ⓘ memoir ⓘ
includedIn	American literature curriculum ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction	antagonist in This Boy’s Life ⓘ
portrayedBy	Robert De Niro ⓘ
relationshipTo	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
roleInWork	stepfather figure to Tobias Wolff ⓘ
settingOfCharacter	1950s United States ⓘ

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

This Boy's Life → character → Dwight Hansen ⓘ

Tobias "Toby" Wolff → hasStepfather → Dwight Hansen ⓘ

Tobias "Toby" Wolff → conflictWith → Dwight Hansen ⓘ