Louden Swain (novel character)
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Louden Swain is the teenage wrestling prodigy and introspective protagonist of Terry Davis’s novel "Vision Quest," known for his obsessive drive to challenge a superior opponent as a rite of passage into adulthood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louden Swain (novel character) canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Vision Quest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | young adult novel ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | vision quest as metaphor for self-discovery ⓘ |
| characterArc | transition from adolescence to adulthood ⓘ |
| characterRole | protagonist of Vision Quest ⓘ |
| creator | Terry Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
to challenge a superior opponent in wrestling
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to prove himself and transition into adulthood ⓘ |
| internalConflict |
search for purpose
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struggle with self-doubt ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext |
bildungsroman
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sports fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivation |
to find personal meaning through physical challenge
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to test his limits against a superior wrestler ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableSkill | wrestling talent ⓘ |
| notableTrait | intense physical discipline ⓘ |
| occupation | high school wrestler ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
determined
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introspective ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| residence | Spokane, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | high school wrestling team ⓘ |
| sport | wrestling ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
coming of age
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identity formation ⓘ obsession with excellence ⓘ rite of passage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Louden Swain (novel character) Description of subject: Louden Swain is the teenage wrestling prodigy and introspective protagonist of Terry Davis’s novel "Vision Quest," known for his obsessive drive to challenge a superior opponent as a rite of passage into adulthood.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Louden Swain