Hoover Shoats
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Hoover Shoats is a manipulative, opportunistic preacher and con man in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," who exploits religion for personal gain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoover Shoats canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
con man
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ preacher ⓘ |
| antagonistOf | Hazel Motes ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| associatedWith | commercialized religion ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
greedy
ⓘ
hypocritical ⓘ manipulative ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Hazel Motes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (fictional setting)
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (literary setting)
|
| createdBy |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| exploits | religion ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Wise Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Wise Blood (1952)
|
| genreOfWork |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
religious satire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
money
ⓘ
self-interest ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Hazel Motes ⓘ |
| occupation |
con artist
ⓘ
preacher ⓘ |
| religiousRole | evangelist ⓘ |
| thematicRole |
embodiment of religious hypocrisy
ⓘ
satire of religious opportunism ⓘ |
| usesReligionFor | personal gain ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.