Huw Morgan

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Huw Morgan is the reflective protagonist of Richard Llewellyn’s novel "How Green Was My Valley," recounting his childhood and the decline of his Welsh mining community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn How Green Was My Valley
associatedWith Nonconformist chapel culture
Welsh coal mining
centralConflict clash between miners and mine owners
centralEmotion nostalgia for lost valley
characterArc from innocent child to disillusioned adult
countryOfOrigin Wales
createdBy Richard Llewellyn
ethnicIdentity Welsh
familyName Morgan
familyRelation brother of Angharad Morgan
brother of Blodwen Morgan
brother of Ceridwen Morgan
brother of Davy Morgan
brother of Gwilym Morgan Jr.
brother of Ianto Morgan
brother of Owen Morgan
son of Beth Morgan
son of Gwilym Morgan
fictionalUniverse How Green Was My Valley universe
gender male
givenName Huw
hasAdaptation How Green Was My Valley
surface form: How Green Was My Valley (1941 film)
languageOfNarration English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySignificance iconic Welsh literary figure
medium novel
narrativePerspective adult Huw recalling childhood
narrativeRole first-person narrator
reflective protagonist
occupation miner
placeOfResidence fictional Welsh mining valley
portrayedBy John Loder
Roddy McDowall
primaryThemeAssociation coming of age
industrial decline
loss of community
social injustice
protagonistOf How Green Was My Valley
symbolicRole voice of a vanishing Welsh working-class community
timeOfFictionalSetting early 20th century
late 19th century

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