Tom Shaw

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Tom Shaw is a central character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," portrayed as a kind but initially worldly young man whose growth and changing values mirror the story’s moral themes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn An Old-Fashioned Girl
appearsInSeries An Old-Fashioned Girl
surface form: An Old-Fashioned Girl (two-part publication)
associatedWithCharacter Fanny Shaw
Polly Milton
characterArc changing values
moral growth
characterTrait kind
worldly
createdBy Louisa May Alcott
familyNameInFiction Shaw
gender male
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementOfWork Realism
surface form: American realism
medium novel
moralInfluenceOnCharacter Polly Milton
surface form: influenced by Polly Milton’s values
moralThemeEmbodied inner character over outward show
simplicity versus worldliness
narrativeFunction embodies moral themes of the novel
nationalityInFiction American
occupationInFiction young businessman
publicationYearOfWork 1870
roleInWork central character
romanticInvolvementWith Polly Milton
settingOfFictionalWork 19th-century United States
socialClassInFiction upper middle class Boston society
undergoesDevelopment from frivolous habits to more serious purpose
workGenre coming-of-age novel
domestic fiction

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Polly Milton friendOf Tom Shaw
Polly Milton loveInterestOf Tom Shaw
Fanny Shaw hasSibling Tom Shaw