After You, My Dear Alphonse

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"After You, My Dear Alphonse" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, best known for its subtle critique of racial prejudice and social assumptions.

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After You, My Dear Alphonse canonical 2

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Shirley Jackson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdBy Shirley Jackson ⓘ
educationalUse commonly anthologized in school readers ⓘ
used to teach themes of prejudice and bias ⓘ
featuresCharacter Boyd ⓘ
Johnny ⓘ
Johnny's mother ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasTitle After You, My Dear Alphonse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice dialogue-driven narrative ⓘ
dramatic irony ⓘ
literaryMovement American literature ⓘ
mainTheme class and race ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ
social assumptions ⓘ
stereotyping ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of unconscious bias in everyday conversation ⓘ
subtle critique of racial prejudice ⓘ
setting American middle-class home ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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The Lottery and Other Stories → hasPart → After You, My Dear Alphonse ⓘ
After You, My Dear Alphonse → hasTitle → After You, My Dear Alphonse ⓘ