Captain Barfoot

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Captain Barfoot is a minor character in Virginia Woolf’s novel "Jacob’s Room," representing the older generation’s traditional values and perspectives within the book’s modernist portrayal of early 20th-century English society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
minor character
alignmentWithSociety traditional English middle-class norms
appearsIn Jacob’s Room NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre modernist novel
associatedWithAuthor Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Jacob Flanders NERFINISHED
countryOfFictionalContext United Kingdom NERFINISHED
createdBy Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Jacob’s Room universe NERFINISHED
gender male
hasNarrativeScope minor
hasRoleIn modernist portrayal of early 20th-century English society
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext modernism
medium literature
narrativeFunction contrast with younger generation
embodiment of pre-war social attitudes
nationality English
occupation captain
represents conventional perspectives
older generation
traditional values
setInPeriod early 20th-century England
workPublicationYear 1922

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“Jacob’s Room” hasCharacter Captain Barfoot
subject surface form: Jacob's Room