Old Bull Lee

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Old Bull Lee is a fictional character in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," based on the real-life Beat writer William S. Burroughs and known for his eccentric, intellectual, and drug-influenced lifestyle.

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Old Bull Lee canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
analogOf William S. Burroughs
appearsIn On the Road
appearsInGenre Beat literature
associatedWithMovement Beat Generation
basedOn William S. Burroughs
characterTrait cynical
drug-influenced lifestyle
erudite
paranoid
characterType eccentric intellectual
closeToCharacter Dean Moriarty
Sal Paradise
createdBy Jack Kerouac
firstAppearance On the Road
gender male
hasSpouseInFiction Jane Lee
inspiredBy Beat lifestyle
languageOfWork English
livesIn New Orleans
nationalityInFiction American
occupationInFiction writer
portraysTheme countercultural living
drug use
intellectual detachment
relatedWork Beat Generation
surface form: Beat Generation novels
roleInNarrative guide to drug culture
mentor figure
setInPeriod post-World War II America

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On the Road majorCharacter Old Bull Lee
Jane Lee spouseOf Old Bull Lee