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."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Joe Portagee canonical | 4 |
| Big Joe | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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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
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| characterTrait |
bohemian
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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
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surface form:
Monterey, California (fictionalized)
|
| socialClass | paisano underclass ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Big Joe