Frank Money
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Frank Money is the troubled Korean War veteran protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Home," whose journey back to his Georgia hometown forces him to confront trauma, racism, and personal guilt.
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character → |
| appearsIn |
Home
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| appearsInLanguage |
English
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| associatedWith |
burial of a murdered Black man in Lotus
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| confronts |
personal trauma
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racism in the United States → |
| connectedTo |
themes of home and displacement
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| createdBy |
Toni Morrison
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| createdInWorkPublicationYear |
2012
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| experiences |
post-traumatic stress
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war trauma → |
| feelsGuiltFor |
acts committed during the Korean War
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failure to protect his sister → |
| fromFictionalPlace |
Lotus, Georgia
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| gender |
male
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| hasAuthorNationalityContext |
United States
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| hasEthnicity |
African American
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| hasLoveInterest |
Lily
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| hasNationality |
American
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| hasSibling |
Ycidra "Cee" Money
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| hasSister |
Ycidra "Cee" Money
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| leaves |
Lily
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| literaryGenreContext |
African American literature
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historical fiction → war novel → |
| narrativeRole |
central focalizer
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first-person narrator → |
| occupation |
soldier
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| protagonistOf |
Home
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| rescues |
Ycidra "Cee" Money
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| returnsTo |
Lotus, Georgia
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| servedIn |
U.S. Army
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| setInWork |
1950s America
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| strugglesWith |
alcoholism
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guilt → |
| symbolizes |
psychological cost of war on Black veterans
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struggle for dignity under Jim Crow → |
| themeInvolvement |
family responsibility
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healing from trauma → masculinity → racism and segregation → |
| timePeriod |
post–Korean War era
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| undergoes |
moral reckoning
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psychological transformation → |
| veteranOf |
Korean War
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Home
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mainCharacter |
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Home
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protagonist |