Asa Hawks
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Asa Hawks is a blind street preacher and con man in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," symbolizing religious hypocrisy and spiritual emptiness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asa Hawks canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
con man
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ preacher ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hazel Motes
ⓘ
Sabbath Lily Hawks ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cowardly
ⓘ
deceptive ⓘ hypocritical ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Hazel Motes ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| fictionalUniverse | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel Wise Blood ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Hazel Motes’s anti-religious preaching ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation |
con artist
ⓘ
street preacher ⓘ |
| physicalCondition | not actually blind ⓘ |
| pretendsToBe | blind ⓘ |
| relationship | father of Sabbath Lily Hawks ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christian evangelism (portrayed hypocritically) ⓘ |
| religiousRole | evangelist ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
false piety
ⓘ
moral corruption in organized religion ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ spiritual emptiness ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.