Benny Profane

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antihero fictional character literary character

Benny Profane is a hapless, drifting ex-sailor and antihero in Thomas Pynchon's fiction, emblematic of postwar aimlessness and absurdity.

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Label Occurrences
Benny Profane canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn V! ⓘ
short story "Low-lands" ⓘ
appearsInGenre black comedy ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
associatedWith the Whole Sick Crew ⓘ
surface form: Whole Sick Crew
associatedWithAuthor Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
characterType drifter ⓘ
schlemihl ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
createdIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
describedAs yo-yo ⓘ
firstAppearance novel "V!" ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasLiteraryStatus cult character ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod postmodern literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
narrativeRole antihero ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation ex-sailor ⓘ
sailor ⓘ
personalityTrait aimless ⓘ
hapless ⓘ
passive ⓘ
self-deprecating ⓘ
settingAssociatedWith Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
symbolizes failure to find stable identity ⓘ
postwar disillusionment ⓘ
themeEmbodies absurdity ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
dislocation ⓘ
postwar aimlessness ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublication 1963 ⓘ

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V. → hasMainCharacter → Benny Profane ⓘ
subject surface form: V. (novel)
the Whole Sick Crew → hasMember → Benny Profane ⓘ
the Whole Sick Crew → influencesPerceptionOf → Benny Profane ⓘ