Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school

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fictional character literary character

Paul Pennyfeather is the hapless protagonist of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Decline and Fall," whose misfortunes begin with his expulsion from Oxford and lead him into a series of absurd and darkly comic situations.

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Label	Occurrences
Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school canonical	1
Paul Pennyfeather is sent down from Oxford for indecent behavior	1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	Decline and Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationalityContext	Evelyn Waugh is an English writer NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	hapless ⓘ naive ⓘ
createdBy	Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
education	Oxford University NERFINISHED ⓘ
expelledFrom	Oxford University NERFINISHED ⓘ
expelledReason	alleged indecent behavior after a drunken prank by other students ⓘ
firstAppearance	Decline and Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreContext	satirical novel ⓘ
involvedIn	absurd situations ⓘ darkly comic situations ⓘ series of misfortunes ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century British literature ⓘ
narrativeRole	central viewpoint character ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
occupation	schoolteacher ⓘ
protagonistOf	Decline and Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationContext	Decline and Fall (1928 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingOfEvents	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
teachesAt	Welsh boarding school ⓘ
themeAssociation	class satire ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ social satire ⓘ

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Decline and Fall → plotSummary → Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school ⓘ

Decline and Fall → openingEvent → Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford and becomes a teacher at a Welsh boarding school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Pennyfeather is sent down from Oxford for indecent behavior