the town of Ruby
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The town of Ruby is the insular, all-Black Oklahoma community in Toni Morrison’s novel "Paradise," whose rigid, patriarchal values stand in stark opposition to the unconventional women’s refuge known as the Convent.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruby | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ setting in a novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Paradise (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorProject | Toni Morrison’s trilogy on love and community ⓘ |
| centralEventLocation | attack on the Convent women ⓘ |
| communityIdeal |
moral purity
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racial purity ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | the Convent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Paradise (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Paradise (1997 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | descendants of Black families rejected by other towns ⓘ |
| governanceForm | informal theocracy ⓘ |
| governedBy | male elders ⓘ |
| hasCommunityType | insular town ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith | women of the Convent ⓘ |
| hasMoralStance |
hostile to difference
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suspicious of outsiders ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after a deceased Black girl Ruby ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole |
embodies historical trauma of Black communities
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tests the limits of utopian ideals ⓘ |
| hasReputationInNarrative | self-righteous community ⓘ |
| hasSocialDivision |
generational conflict
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strict gender roles ⓘ |
| hasValueSystem |
conservative social values
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rigid moral code ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunity | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext |
African American literature
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contemporary American novel ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
site of communal conflict
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symbol of exclusivist community ⓘ |
| opposes | the Convent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | all-Black community ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBefore |
Beloved
NERFINISHED
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Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Christian ⓘ |
| socialStructure | patriarchal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
exclusion
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insularity ⓘ the dangers of ideological purity ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
gender oppression
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patriarchy ⓘ race and community ⓘ religious fundamentalism ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| timePeriodFictional | mid-20th century United States ⓘ |
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