Knock on Any Door (novel)
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"Knock on Any Door" is a 1947 novel by Willard Motley that explores poverty, crime, and social injustice through the life of a young man growing up in a Chicago slum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knock on Any Door | 2 |
| Knock on Any Door (novel) canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Knock on Any Door (1949 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
class conflict
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failures of the criminal justice system ⓘ impact of environment on behavior ⓘ |
| author | Willard Motley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| filmAdaptationDirector | Nicholas Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ urban fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
social responsibility
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urban poverty in Chicago ⓘ youth crime ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | social realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | young man from a Chicago slum ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
crime
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inequality ⓘ juvenile delinquency ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableQuote | “Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse.” ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | ~400 pages ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Appleton-Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInEnvironment | urban slum ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 20th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Willard Motley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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