Kip
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Kip is a young Sikh British-Indian army sapper in Michael Ondaatje’s novel "The English Patient," whose expertise in bomb disposal and complex relationship with the other characters explore themes of war, identity, and colonialism.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| age | young adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The English Patient ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Caravaggio
ⓘ
Hana ⓘ The English Patient ⓘ
surface form:
the English patient
|
| conflictType | internal conflict about loyalty to the British Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalWork | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Michael Ondaatje ⓘ |
| culturalBackground | British-Indian ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Indian ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The English Patient
ⓘ
surface form:
The English Patient universe
|
| fullName | Kirpal Singh ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kirpal ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith | Hana ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | embodies tensions of colonial soldiers in World War II ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to contrast Western and non-Western perspectives on war
ⓘ
to explore colonial subject’s experience in European war ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| nickname | Kip ⓘ |
| occupation |
army sapper
ⓘ
bomb disposal expert ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| represents |
colonial subject in imperial army
ⓘ
hybrid cultural identity ⓘ |
| role |
major character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Italian villa ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1940s
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| skill |
bomb disposal
ⓘ
defusing unexploded ordnance ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
betrayal
ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ cross-cultural relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ race ⓘ war ⓘ |
| timeInService | World War II bomb disposal units ⓘ |
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