Nicole Burnell
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Nicole Burnell is a central character in the film and novel "The Sweet Hereafter," a teenage girl whose life is irrevocably changed by a tragic school bus accident and whose testimony becomes pivotal to the community’s search for blame and meaning.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional character ⓘ |
| adaptationDifference | more central narrative focus in the film than some other narrators ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sweet Hereafter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Sweet Hereafter (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInNovel | The Sweet Hereafter (1991 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | school bus accident ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
exploitation of tragedy
ⓘ
parent-child relationships ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | whether to support or undermine the lawsuit through her testimony ⓘ |
| characterArc | from promising young musician to disabled accident survivor ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Russell Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalStateAfterAccident |
guilty
ⓘ
resentful ⓘ withdrawn ⓘ |
| familyName | Burnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseContext | The Sweet Hereafter film released in 1997 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internalConflict | ambivalence about telling the truth in court ⓘ |
| keyThemeAssociation |
community grief
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ search for blame ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| legalContext | class-action lawsuit against the bus company ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of multiple narrators in The Sweet Hereafter novel ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | subjective and introspective ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator in the novel ⓘ |
| physicalConditionAfterAccident | paralyzed ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sarah Polley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToLawyer | key witness for Mitchell Stephens GENERATED ⓘ |
| residence | small town of Sam Dent (fictional) ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| suffersConsequenceOf | school bus accident ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction |
embodiment of lost innocence
ⓘ
voice of the surviving children ⓘ |
| talent | music ⓘ |
| testimonyRole | pivotal in lawsuit over the bus accident ⓘ |
| usesMobilityAid | wheelchair ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1991 ⓘ |
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