Hiram Walker
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Hiram Walker is the magically gifted, formerly enslaved protagonist of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel "The Water Dancer," whose powers are tied to memory and the legacy of slavery.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiram Walker canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel protagonist ⓘ |
| alliesWith | Underground resistance network ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Water Dancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American slavery
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Quality ⓘ Tasked ⓘ Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
freedom
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legacy of slavery ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| characterArc |
journey from bondage to self-knowledge
ⓘ
learning to control Conduction ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ta-Nehisi Coates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBackground |
born into slavery on a Virginia plantation
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mixed-race ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 2019 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
Conduction
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magical powers ⓘ |
| hasFather | Howell Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | conductor ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | speculative historical fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies the struggle for liberation
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explores the cost of slavery on families ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
extraordinary memory
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near-photographic recall except for his mother ⓘ |
| powerSource |
family history
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memory ⓘ stories of the enslaved ⓘ |
| roleInWork | narrator of The Water Dancer ⓘ |
| settingOfLife |
Virginia plantation
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antebellum American South ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
enslaved person
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formerly enslaved ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
possibility of liberation through memory
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power of remembrance ⓘ |
| themeConnection |
magic tied to ancestral memory
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magic tied to collective trauma ⓘ magic tied to the Middle Passage ⓘ |
| workPublisher | One World (imprint of Random House) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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