Jackson's Island
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Jackson's Island is a secluded, uninhabited island in the Mississippi River that serves as a key hideout and adventure setting in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer stories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jackson's Island canonical | 1 |
| Jackson’s Island (nearby island) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional island
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ⓘ
surface form:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| associatedAuthor |
Mark Twain
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
|
| associatedCharacter |
Huckleberry Finn
ⓘ
Joe Harper ⓘ Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| countryInFictionalSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| describedAs |
secluded
ⓘ
uninhabited ⓘ |
| firstPublisherOfWorkFeaturing | American Publishing Company ⓘ |
| hasFictionalNearbyTown | St. Petersburg, Missouri ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInWork |
adventure setting
ⓘ
hideout ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryGenreContext |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ coming-of-age fiction ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
adventure
ⓘ
childhood freedom ⓘ escape from civilization ⓘ moral experimentation away from society ⓘ |
| inhabitedStatus | uninhabited in the narrative ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | actual islands in the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
location of the boys' mock pirate camp
ⓘ
place where Tom Sawyer, Joe Harper, and Huckleberry Finn run away to play pirates ⓘ site where townspeople believe the boys have drowned ⓘ |
| partOf |
setting of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ⓘ
setting of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| riverSection | stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional) ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | mid-19th century American South ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
imaginative play and fantasy life of children
ⓘ
isolation from adult society ⓘ |
| topographicalType | river island ⓘ |
| usedAs | temporary refuge for runaway boys ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jackson’s Island (nearby island)