St. Petersburg schoolhouse
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The St. Petersburg schoolhouse is the small-town classroom in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer stories where the local children, including Tom and his friends, endure lessons and get into mischief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Petersburg schoolhouse canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional building
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literary location ⓘ schoolhouse ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ
surface form:
Tom Sawyer stories
|
| associatedTheme |
childhood
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discipline ⓘ education in 19th-century America ⓘ rebellion against authority ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| describedAs | small-town classroom ⓘ |
| hasEventType |
examinations
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pranks ⓘ school recitations ⓘ |
| hasStudentCharacter |
Becky Thatcher
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Huckleberry Finn ⓘ Joe Harper ⓘ Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| hasTeacherCharacter | Mr. Dobbins ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 19th-century American one-room schoolhouses ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalTown | St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast between childhood freedom and adult authority
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depicts small-town American education ⓘ stage for children’s mischief ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classroom instruction
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community gathering place ⓘ discipline of children ⓘ education ⓘ |
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