The Monster

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The Monster is a short story featured in Stephen Crane's collection "The Monster and Other Stories," exploring themes of ostracism, morality, and social hypocrisy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
analyzedFor critique of social respectability
depiction of community violence
representation of race in 19th-century literature
author Stephen Crane NERFINISHED
collectedWith His New Mittens NERFINISHED
The Blue Hotel NERFINISHED
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The Third Violet NERFINISHED
The Wise Men NERFINISHED
Twelve O’Clock
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1898
firstPublishedIn Harper’s Magazine NERFINISHED
genre psychological fiction
realist fiction
hasAdaptation stage adaptations
hasCriticalReception regarded as one of Stephen Crane’s major short stories
hasForm prose
hasSubject African American characters in small-town America
medical ethics
mob mentality
includedInCollection The Monster and Other Stories NERFINISHED
influenced later American social problem fiction
language English
literaryMovement American realism
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
majorCharacter Dr. Trescott NERFINISHED
Jimmie Trescott NERFINISHED
Mrs. Trescott NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Stephen Crane’s Whilomville stories NERFINISHED
protagonist Henry Johnson NERFINISHED
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Harper & Brothers NERFINISHED
settingLocation Whilomville, New York NERFINISHED
studiedIn American literature courses
theme community and exclusion
gratitude and ingratitude
morality
ostracism
racism
social hypocrisy
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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