John Shawnessy
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John Shawnessy is the idealistic Midwestern schoolteacher and Civil War veteran whose life, loves, and disillusionments form the central narrative of Ross Lockridge Jr.’s novel "Raintree County."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Shawnessy canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Raintree County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Garwood Jones
NERFINISHED
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Nell Gaither NERFINISHED ⓘ Raintree County myth of the golden tree ⓘ Susanna Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ross Lockridge Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationRole | teacher in a Midwestern town ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Raintree County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Raintree County (1948 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| lifeEvent |
experiences romantic relationships
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participates in the Civil War ⓘ suffers personal and ideological disillusionment ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernist epic novel ⓘ |
| militaryService | Union Army veteran ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | central character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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schoolteacher ⓘ |
| personalityTrait | idealistic ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodies the passage of American history through one life
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represents the conscience of Raintree County ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
American Dream
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disillusionment ⓘ love and loss ⓘ memory and time ⓘ |
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