Billy Ansel
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Billy Ansel is a central character in Russell Banks's novel "The Sweet Hereafter," a grieving father whose loss in a tragic school bus accident shapes much of the story’s emotional and moral landscape.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sweet Hereafter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | The Sweet Hereafter (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attitudeToward | hostile to lawsuit over the bus accident ⓘ |
| authorNationalityOfWork | American ⓘ |
| copingMechanism |
alcohol use
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work and routine ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Russell Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
grief over death of his children
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survivor guilt ⓘ |
| follows | school bus in his pickup truck before the accident ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Jessica Ansel
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Mason Ansel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loses | two children in the bus accident ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralStance | skeptical of legal and financial compensation for loss ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator in The Sweet Hereafter ⓘ |
| occupation | Vietnam War veteran ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bruce Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentAt | school bus accident in The Sweet Hereafter ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1991 ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Dolores Driscoll
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Mitchell Stephens NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole Burnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residesIn |
Sam Dent
NERFINISHED
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upstate New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in The Sweet Hereafter ⓘ |
| servedIn | Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lydia Ansel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
raw parental grief
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working-class masculinity in crisis ⓘ |
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