John Shawnessy

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John Shawnessy is the idealistic Midwestern schoolteacher and Civil War veteran whose life, loves, and disillusionments form the central narrative of Ross Lockridge Jr.’s novel "Raintree County."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Raintree County ⓘ
associatedWith Garwood Jones ⓘ
Nell Gaither ⓘ
Raintree County myth of the golden tree ⓘ
Susanna Drake ⓘ
characterRole protagonist ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
createdBy Ross Lockridge Jr. ⓘ
educationRole teacher in a Midwestern town ⓘ
fictionalLocation Raintree County, Indiana ⓘ
firstAppearance Raintree County (1948 novel) ⓘ
linked to: Raintree County
gender male ⓘ
lifeEvent experiences romantic relationships ⓘ
participates in the Civil War ⓘ
suffers personal and ideological disillusionment ⓘ
literaryMovement American modernist epic novel ⓘ
militaryService Union Army veteran ⓘ
narrativeFunction central character ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
personalityTrait idealistic ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th-century United States ⓘ
symbolicRole embodies the passage of American history through one life ⓘ
represents the conscience of Raintree County ⓘ
themeAssociation American Dream ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ
memory and time ⓘ

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Raintree County → leadCharacter → John Shawnessy ⓘ