John Ames

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fictional character literary character novel protagonist

John Ames is a central fictional character, an elderly Congregationalist minister and reflective narrator, in Marilynne Robinson’s acclaimed novel "Gilead."

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Surface form	Occurrences
John Ames (various)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ
ageDescriptor	elderly ⓘ
appearsInWork	Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Lila NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCharacter	Glory Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWorkSeries	Gilead series NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Robbie Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	John Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
grandparent	John Ames (grandfather) NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySignificance	central figure in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead cycle ⓘ
literaryTheme	faith ⓘ fatherhood ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ grace ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
narrativeForm	letter to his young son ⓘ
narrativeRole	first-person narrator ⓘ reflective narrator ⓘ
nationality	American (fictional) ⓘ
occupation	Congregationalist minister ⓘ
parent	John Ames Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInWork	central character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
professionLocation	Gilead, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
settingCity	Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingState	Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lila Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
workAuthor	Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
workGenre	epistolary novel ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ

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