Scratchy Wilson

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Scratchy Wilson is a notorious, gun-toting troublemaker in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," symbolizing the fading lawless Old West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky NERFINISHED
appearsInForm short story
armedWith revolvers
six-shooters
behavior challenges others to gunfights
drunkenly roams the town
characterType gunslinger
outlaw
troublemaker
conflictType man vs. changing society
contrastedWith domesticity and marriage of Jack Potter
createdBy Stephen Crane NERFINISHED
createdByNationality American author
firstPublicationOfWork 1898
genre Western fiction
hasClothing gaudy cowboy outfit
noisy boots
interactsWith Jack Potter NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement American realism NERFINISHED
medium literature
narrativeFunction embodies obsolete frontier violence
nationality American (fictional)
notableTrait boisterous
gun-toting
rowdy
opposedTo Jack Potter NERFINISHED
represents resistance to civilization
roleInWork antagonist
setting Yellow Sky, Texas NERFINISHED
storyThemeConnection transition from Old West to modern order
symbolizes fading lawless Old West
frontier violence
outmoded cowboy code
timePeriod late 19th century American West
workCountryOfOrigin United States NERFINISHED

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