Josh Birdwell

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Josh Birdwell is a central Quaker character in the novel and film "Friendly Persuasion," whose gentle convictions are tested by the moral challenges of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptedAs film character in Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
affiliation Religious Society of Friends
appearsIn The Friendly Persuasion
surface form: film Friendly Persuasion

novel Friendly Persuasion
associatedWithEthic peace testimony of Quakers
basedOnWorkBy Jessamyn West
surface form: novelist Jessamyn West
characterOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
facedWith moral challenges of the American Civil War
familyRole member of the Birdwell family
fictionalCenturyOfActivity 19th century
fictionalUniverse Friendly Persuasion (novel)
surface form: Friendly Persuasion
hasTrait conscientious
gentle
morally conflicted
pacifist
moralConvictions nonviolence
peace
narrativeRole central character
protagonist
nationality American
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
setDuringEvent American Civil War
strugglesWith reconciling Quaker beliefs with national conflict
whether to participate in war
themeInvolvement conflict between pacifism and war
family and faith under pressure
religious conscience in wartime
workGenre historical fiction
war drama

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Friendly Persuasion character Josh Birdwell
Jess Birdwell child Josh Birdwell
Little Jess Birdwell siblingOf Josh Birdwell