Luke Chandler

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Luke Chandler is the young farm boy protagonist and narrator of John Grisham’s coming-of-age novel "A Painted House," set in rural Arkansas in the early 1950s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
ageInWork seven years old
appearsIn A Painted House NERFINISHED
associatedWith Arkansas Delta NERFINISHED
Chandler family cotton farm
cotton farming
characterDevelopment coming of age
countryOfResidence United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy John Grisham NERFINISHED
dreamsOf playing professional baseball
educationLevelInWork elementary school child
experiences cultural tensions between locals and migrant workers
religious and moral questioning
faces danger from local violence
economic hardship
familyName Chandler NERFINISHED
favoriteBaseballTeam St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse A Painted House universe
firstAppearance A Painted House (2001 novel) NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Luke NERFINISHED
hasEthnicBackground white American
language English
literaryEra contemporary American literature
literaryGenre coming-of-age fiction
livesWith his grandparents
his parents
medium novel
narrativePerspective first-person
narratorOf A Painted House NERFINISHED
observes prejudice and social inequality
occupation farm boy
protagonistOf A Painted House NERFINISHED
publisherOfWork Doubleday NERFINISHED
residence rural Arkansas
roleInWork central point-of-view character
setIn Black Oak, Arkansas (fictionalized rural community) NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriod early 1950s
socialClass working-class
themeInvolvement class conflict
family life
loss of innocence
moral dilemmas
rural poverty
witnesses family conflicts
secrets in his community
violent events

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A Painted House mainCharacter Luke Chandler