Gabriel Grimes

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Gabriel Grimes is a stern, hypocritical Pentecostal preacher and domineering stepfather in James Baldwin’s novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain," whose troubled past and rigid religiosity deeply shape his family’s suffering.

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Gabriel Grimes canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Go Tell It on the Mountain
associatedWithMotive rigid religiosity
centralThemeRelation patriarchal authority
religious hypocrisy
sin and redemption
characterTrait domineering
hypocritical
stern
conflictWith John Grimes
createdBy James Baldwin
familyRole husband of Elizabeth Grimes
firstPublicationContext Go Tell It on the Mountain
surface form: Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953 novel)
genreOfWorkAppearedIn African-American literature
religious novel
hasChildInFiction Roy Grimes
Sarah Grimes
hasPast troubled past
influences suffering of his family
languageOfWork English
nationalityInFiction Black Americans
surface form: African American
occupation Pentecostal preacher
religion Pentecostal churches
surface form: Pentecostalism
roleInWork stepfather of John Grimes
settingOfActivity Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City
stepfatherOf John Grimes
symbolizes moral hypocrisy in the church
oppressive religious authority
timePeriodInFiction 1930s

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Go Tell It on the Mountain character Gabriel Grimes
Elizabeth Grimes hasSpouse Gabriel Grimes
Roy Grimes hasFather Gabriel Grimes
The Rockpile mainCharacter Gabriel Grimes