fictional town of Wells, South Carolina
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The fictional town of Wells, South Carolina is the small, racially tense Southern community that serves as the backdrop for John Ball’s crime novel *In the Heat of the Night*.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wells, South Carolina | 0 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Chief Bill Gillespie
NERFINISHED
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Virgil Tibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | John Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
racially tense community
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small Southern town ⓘ |
| featuredInWork | In the Heat of the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | In the Heat of the Night (1965 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | crime fiction setting ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | cotton-related businesses (fictional) ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Mayor Schubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliceDepartment | Wells Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSocialIssue |
institutional racism
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racial prejudice ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ |
| influencesAdaptation | basis for the small Southern town in the 1967 film adaptation ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | In the Heat of the Night series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Carolina ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeEvent | site of a prominent murder case in the novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | backdrop for a murder investigation ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic |
Black minority community
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predominantly white power structure ⓘ |
| settingOf | In the Heat of the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thematicRole |
explores racism in the American South
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highlights tensions between Black and white residents ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s (fictional setting) ⓘ |
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