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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:novel_adaptations
gptkb:audiobook
film adaptation in development
film rights sold
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gptkbp:adaptations
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gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:none
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gptkbp:antagonist
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gptkb:Judge_Holden
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Cormac_Mc_Carthy
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Judge_Holden
Tobin
Glanton
Sproule
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gptkbp:character_development
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Judge Holden's philosophy
The Kid's journey
the Kid's journey
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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the Kid and Judge Holden
the Kid and Toadvine
the Kid and the gang
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gptkbp:conflict
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man vs. nature
man vs. self
man vs. man
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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acclaimed
widely acclaimed
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced literature
influenced art
discussed in academic circles
influenced writers
influenced film
influenced filmmakers
studied in academia
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gptkbp:genre
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Western
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gptkbp:has_reception
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controversial
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:Mexican-American_War
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gptkbp:historical_figures
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gptkb:the_Kid
the Judge
Glanton
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Blood Meridian
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:No_Country_for_Old_Men
gptkb:The_Road
other Westerns
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gptkbp:influenced_artists
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gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Stephen_King
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:historical_events
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:historical_events
American literature
postmodern literature
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gptkbp:inspiration
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gptkb:historical_events
gptkb:historical_accounts
gptkb:historical_figures
personal experiences
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0679728757
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:literary_devices
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gptkb:metaphor
imagery
foreshadowing
allusion
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gptkbp:literary_significance
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considered a classic
often studied in literature courses
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:The_Kid
gptkb:the_Kid
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:survival
gptkb:death
violence
the nature of evil
violence and brutality
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gptkbp:narrative
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linear
omniscient
omniscient narrator
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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third-person
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ The man who believes that the world is a place of justice is a fool.”
“ The blood meridian is the line of the blood.”
“ It makes no difference what men think of war.”
“ There is no other place.”
“ The man who believes he can do anything is a fool.”
“ He was a man of the world.”
“ The judge is a law unto himself.”
“ War is god.”
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gptkbp:page_count
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337
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gptkbp:protagonist
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gptkb:The_Kid
gptkb:the_Kid
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gptkbp:published
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gptkb:1985
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gptkbp:published_in
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gptkb:1985
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Random_House
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gptkbp:reader_demographic
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cult following
polarizing opinions
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:American_West
gptkb:United_States-Mexico_border
mid-19th century America
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gptkbp:setting_time
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mid-19th century
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gptkbp:start_location
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gptkb:American_West
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gptkbp:style
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lyrical
lyrical prose
sparse
graphic
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gptkbp:symbolism
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gptkb:blood
the landscape
the Judge
the desert
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gptkbp:theme
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morality
violence
manifest destiny
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:nihilism
gptkb:determinism
morality
violence
manifest destiny
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Cormac_Mc_Carthy
gptkb:The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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