The Lame Shall Enter First
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"The Lame Shall Enter First" is a darkly comic and morally complex short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, faith, and redemption through the fraught relationship between a rationalist father and a troubled juvenile delinquent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lame Shall Enter First canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724934 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lame Shall Enter First Context triple: [Everything That Rises Must Converge, hasTitleShortStory, The Lame Shall Enter First]
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A.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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B.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
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C.
Vulgarians at the Gate
Vulgarians at the Gate is a satirical book by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen critiquing the decline of taste and standards in modern media and popular culture.
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D.
The Overwhelming
The Overwhelming is an English rendering of the Arabic term "Al-Ghashiyah," referring to the all-encompassing event of the Day of Judgment described in the Qur'anic chapter Surah Al-Ghashiyah.
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E.
Door of Humility
The Door of Humility is the small, low entrance to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, designed so visitors must bow as they enter the traditional site of Jesus’ birth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lame Shall Enter First Target entity description: "The Lame Shall Enter First" is a darkly comic and morally complex short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, faith, and redemption through the fraught relationship between a rationalist father and a troubled juvenile delinquent.
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A.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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B.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
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C.
Vulgarians at the Gate
Vulgarians at the Gate is a satirical book by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen critiquing the decline of taste and standards in modern media and popular culture.
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D.
The Overwhelming
The Overwhelming is an English rendering of the Arabic term "Al-Ghashiyah," referring to the all-encompassing event of the Day of Judgment described in the Qur'anic chapter Surah Al-Ghashiyah.
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E.
Door of Humility
The Door of Humility is the small, low entrance to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, designed so visitors must bow as they enter the traditional site of Jesus’ birth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| antagonist | Rufus Johnson ⓘ |
| author |
Flannery O’Connor
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linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
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| authorBeliefContext |
reflects Flannery O’Connor’s Catholic worldview
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linked to:
The Church and the Fiction Writer
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| centralConflict |
conflict between father and son
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conflict between secular rationalism and religious belief ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Norton is Sheppard’s son
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Rufus Johnson is a juvenile delinquent ⓘ |
| containsElement |
irony
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moral ambiguity ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresRelationship |
relationship between a rationalist father and a juvenile delinquent
ⓘ
relationship between a rationalist father and his son ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasAllusion | biblical phrase "the lame shall enter first" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Catholic literature
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Southern Gothic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Gothic
|
| mainCharacter |
Norton
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Rufus Johnson ⓘ Sheppard ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
limits of rationalism
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misguided altruism ⓘ |
| motif |
charity and social work
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disability ⓘ religious prophecy ⓘ science and reason ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sheppard ⓘ |
| setting | urban American South ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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grace ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ pride ⓘ rationalism versus faith ⓘ redemption ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Lame Shall Enter First Description of subject: "The Lame Shall Enter First" is a darkly comic and morally complex short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, faith, and redemption through the fraught relationship between a rationalist father and a troubled juvenile delinquent.
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