Edmund Gundersen

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Edmund Gundersen is the human protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "Downward to the Earth," a former colonial administrator who returns to an alien world to confront his past actions and seek redemption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsInGenre science fiction
appearsInWork Downward to the Earth NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthorNationality American literature
creator Robert Silverberg NERFINISHED
gender male
languageOfWork English
medium novel
moralArc from complicity in exploitation to moral awakening
motivation to confront his past actions
to seek redemption
narrativeFunction viewpoint character
occupation colonial administrator
pastRoleOnPlanet colonial overseer
primaryThemeAssociation atonement
colonialism
guilt
redemption
protagonistOf Downward to the Earth NERFINISHED
returnsTo an alien world he once administered
roleInNarrative protagonist
settingContext post-colonial alien world
species human
workPublicationYear 1970

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Downward to the Earth mainCharacter Edmund Gundersen
Downward to the Earth protagonist Edmund Gundersen