Pilon
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Pilon is a central character in John Steinbeck's novel "Tortilla Flat," known as a roguish yet good-hearted paisano whose misadventures explore themes of friendship, poverty, and morality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pilon canonical | 5 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ paisano ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous but fundamentally kind-hearted ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Tortilla Flat ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Catholic guilt and folk religion
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community ⓘ friendship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ morality ⓘ poverty ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Tortilla Flat
ⓘ
surface form:
novel Tortilla Flat
|
| characterTrait |
good-hearted
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improvisational ⓘ manipulative but affectionate ⓘ mischievous ⓘ roguish ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Mexican-American and mixed-heritage community in California ⓘ |
| economicStatus | poor ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
Monterey
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surface form:
Monterey, California
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | unemployed or casually employed laborer ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lifestyle | bohemian and carefree ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American literature of the 1930s ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | embodies Steinbeck's sympathetic portrayal of the poor ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | often bends rules but retains a sense of conscience ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic figure
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drives many of the novel's episodes ⓘ moral foil to other characters ⓘ |
| nationality | American (paisano of Monterey, California) ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
figure of rough generosity
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philosophical drifter ⓘ small-time schemer ⓘ |
| relationship |
friend of Big Joe Portagee
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friend of Danny ⓘ friend of Jesus Maria Corcoran ⓘ friend of Pablo ⓘ friend of Pirate ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Tortilla Flat, Monterey, California
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surface form:
Tortilla Flat district of Monterey
|
| socialGroup |
Tortilla Flat
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surface form:
paisanos of Tortilla Flat
|
| workGenre |
novel
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picaresque fiction ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear |
Tortilla Flat
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surface form:
Tortilla Flat (1935)
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.