Bill Gorton
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Bill Gorton is a witty, hard-drinking American war veteran and journalist who serves as Jake Barnes’s close friend and comic foil in Ernest Hemingway’s novel "The Sun Also Rises."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bill Gorton canonical | 3 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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journalist ⓘ literary character ⓘ war veteran ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sun Also Rises ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
exile and expatriate life
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masculinity ⓘ postwar disillusionment ⓘ Lost Generation ⓘ
surface form:
the Lost Generation
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| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
good-humored
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hard-drinking ⓘ loyal ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Jake Barnes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| culturalContext | American expatriates in Europe ⓘ |
| drinkingBehavior | heavy drinker ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Sun Also Rises ⓘ |
| genre | modernist literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
contrasts with Jake Barnes’s restraint
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provides comic relief ⓘ |
| literaryWorkAuthor | The Sun Also Rises ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic foil
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supporting character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | Lost Generation characters ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | confidant of Jake Barnes ⓘ |
| servedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| settingAssociatedWith |
Pamplona
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Paris ⓘ |
| veteranStatus | American war veteran ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.