Edgar Derby
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Edgar Derby is a tragic, middle-aged American soldier in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel "Slaughterhouse-Five," remembered for his dignity, moral decency, and ironically senseless execution near the war’s end.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| age | middle-aged ⓘ |
| alignment | morally good ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Slaughterhouse-Five NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Billy Pilgrim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| background | high school teacher ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Paul Lazzaro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roland Weary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Kurt Vonnegut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution by firing squad ⓘ |
| deathContext | near the end of World War II ⓘ |
| deathManner | senseless execution ⓘ |
| emotionalImpact | elicits pathos ⓘ |
| event | firebombing of Dresden ⓘ |
| executedFor | looting a teapot ⓘ |
| familyStatus | married ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Slaughterhouse-Five NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Slaughterhouse-Five (1969 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | anti-war novel ⓘ |
| hasChild | unnamed son ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| militarySide |
Allied forces
ⓘ
United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
symbol of the senselessness of war
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symbol of traditional American virtues ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | heroic by the narrator ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
moral contrast to Billy Pilgrim
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tragic figure ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
moral decency
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old-fashioned honor ⓘ the absurdity of military justice ⓘ |
| trait |
compassionate
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courageous ⓘ dignified ⓘ idealistic ⓘ morally decent ⓘ patriotic ⓘ |
| usedByAuthorAs | vehicle for anti-war critique ⓘ |
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