Jacques Moran

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Jacques Moran is a rigid, devout Catholic detective whose increasingly disordered quest and mental unraveling form the second part of Samuel Beckett’s novel "Molloy."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detective
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Molloy NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre absurdist literature
modernist fiction
appearsInSeries Molloy trilogy NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme collapse of order
conflict between faith and experience
failure of rational investigation
centralThemeRelation authority and obedience
identity breakdown
mental disintegration
religious doubt
characterTrait authoritarian
controlling
devout
obsessive
rigid
createdBy Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext Molloy (1951 novel) NERFINISHED
hasRelationshipWith Molloy NERFINISHED
hasSon Moran’s son
languageOfWork French
literarySignificance embodies the breakdown of rational, religious authority in Beckett’s work
narrativeFunction unreliable narrator
narrativePerspective first-person narration
occupation detective
questType investigative quest
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleInWork narrator of the second part of Molloy
sentOnMissionBy Youdi NERFINISHED
settingOfActions rural Ireland
undergoes physical deterioration
psychological unraveling

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Molloy mainCharacter Jacques Moran