Their Majesties’ Trousers
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"Their Majesties’ Trousers" is a humorous short story from James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection *Tales of the South Pacific*, depicting the cultural clashes and absurdities of military life in the Pacific during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| associatedAwardForCollection | Pulitzer Prize–winning collection GENERATED ⓘ |
| author | James A. Michener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | James A. Michener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionAward | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType | short story collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
American military personnel
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Pacific island environment ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous fiction
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short story literature ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Their Majesties’ Trousers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Tales of the South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | prose ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublication | Tales of the South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tales of the South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | book collection ⓘ |
| settingContext | military life in the Pacific theater ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cross-cultural misunderstandings
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military customs and protocol ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdities of military bureaucracy
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cultural clashes ⓘ interactions between American military personnel and local cultures ⓘ |
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