Big Joe Portagee

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Big Joe Portagee is a colorful, hard-drinking paisano and one of the central members of the bohemian friend group in John Steinbeck’s novel "Tortilla Flat."

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Label Occurrences
Big Joe Portagee canonical 4
Big Joe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Tortilla Flat
associatedWith Danny
Pilon
Tortilla Flat, Monterey, California
surface form: Tortilla Flat (Monterey neighborhood)
basedIn Tortilla Flat, Monterey, California
surface form: Tortilla Flat district of Monterey
characterTrait bohemian
colorful
comic
hard-drinking
creator John Steinbeck
culturalContext post–World War I Monterey paisano community
drinkingHabit heavy drinker of wine
ethnicity Portuguese-American (Portagee)
fictionalUniverse Tortilla Flat universe ONNED1
gender male
genre comic novel
picaresque novel
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
literaryRole central member of ensemble cast in Tortilla Flat
memberOf Danny's friends
bohemian friend group in Tortilla Flat
nationality American (fictional)
occupation paisano
setting City of Monterey
surface form: Monterey, California (fictionalized)
socialClass paisano underclass

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Tortilla Flat mainCharacter Big Joe Portagee
Telly Savalas portrayed Big Joe Portagee
this entity surface form: Big Joe
Danny formsCommunityWith Big Joe Portagee
Danny hasFriend Big Joe Portagee
Jesus Maria hasFriend Big Joe Portagee