Anthony Patch

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Anthony Patch is the dissolute, inheritance-obsessed protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Beautiful and Damned," whose decline embodies the moral and social excesses of Jazz Age New York.

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Anthony Patch canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Beautiful and Damned ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Modernism ⓘ
characterTrait cynical ⓘ
dissolute ⓘ
hedonistic ⓘ
idle ⓘ
conflictType internal moral conflict ⓘ
social conflict with changing values ⓘ
createdBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
education Harvard-educated ⓘ
expectsInheritanceFrom Adam Patch ⓘ
genreContext Jazz Age literature ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryFunction critique of wealth and privilege ⓘ
warning against dependence on unearned income ⓘ
livesIn New York City ⓘ
marriedTo Gloria Gilbert ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeArc rise and decline ⓘ
narrativeTheme consequences of idleness ⓘ
failure of the American Dream ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation socialite ⓘ
portrayedAs alcoholic ⓘ
financially irresponsible ⓘ
self-indulgent ⓘ
primaryMotivation obsession with inheritance ⓘ
protagonistOf The Beautiful and Damned ⓘ
publicationYearOfWork 1922 ⓘ
publisherOfWork Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
relatedTo Adam Patch ⓘ
relationshipWith Gloria Gilbert ⓘ
settingOfLife Manhattan ⓘ
socialClass leisure class ⓘ
upper class ⓘ
symbolizes decadent New York high society ⓘ
moral excesses of the Jazz Age ⓘ
social excesses of the Jazz Age ⓘ
timePeriod Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: Roaring Twenties

early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gloria Patch → hasSpouse → Anthony Patch ⓘ
Gloria Patch → associatedWith → Anthony Patch ⓘ
Adam Patch → hasRelative → Anthony Patch ⓘ
Adam Patch → grandfatherOf → Anthony Patch ⓘ
Adam Patch → disinherits → Anthony Patch ⓘ