Ezekiel Cobb

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Ezekiel Cobb is the naive small-town protagonist of the 1912 novel "The Cat's-Paw," whose unwitting involvement in big-city politics drives the story's satirical plot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Cat's-Paw NERFINISHED
characterArcTheme innocence confronting corruption
characterInGenre satirical novel
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Clarence Budington Kelland NERFINISHED
drivesPlotOf The Cat's-Paw NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Cat's-Paw universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceDate 1912
genderInStory male
hometownType small town
involvedIn big-city politics
languageOfWork English
medium novel
narrativeFunction vehicle for political satire
narrativeRole central protagonist
nationalityInStory American
personalityTrait naive
protagonistOf The Cat's-Paw NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfWork 1912
storySettingContext American urban political environment
usedForSatireOf machine politics
political corruption
urban political bosses

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The Cat's-Paw hasTitleCharacter Ezekiel Cobb
The Cat's-Paw mainCharacter Ezekiel Cobb