Jacob Flanders

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fictional character literary character protagonist

Jacob Flanders is the introspective, elusive young man at the center of Virginia Woolf’s novel "Jacob’s Room," through whose fragmented portrayal the book explores identity, memory, and the impact of war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn Jacob’s Room NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Cambridge University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterRole central character ⓘ
title character ⓘ
createdBy Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedThrough fragmented impressions ⓘ
indirect narration ⓘ
memories of others ⓘ
fate killed in World War I ⓘ
firstAppearance Jacob’s Room NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1922 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasFamilyName Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFriend Bonaventure NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timmy Durrant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGivenName Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMother Betty Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRomanticInterest Fanny Elmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florinda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandra Wentworth Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod modernism ⓘ
literaryTechniqueAssociated narrative fragmentation ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies effects of World War I on individuals ⓘ
explores fragmentation of identity ⓘ
focus of multiple external perspectives ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
portrayedAs elusive ⓘ
enigmatic ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
symbolizes lost generation NERFINISHED ⓘ
the fragility of identity ⓘ
the unknowability of other people ⓘ
themeInvolvement identity ⓘ
loss ⓘ
memory ⓘ
modernist subjectivity ⓘ
war ⓘ
workGenre modernist novel ⓘ

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“Jacob’s Room” → mainCharacter → Jacob Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob's Room
“Jacob’s Room” → hasCharacter → Jacob Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob's Room