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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_First_Exhibition_of_the_Society_of_Independent_Artists
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:television_series
gptkb:1956
gptkb:film
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Sloan_Wilson
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gptkbp:character_arc
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Roger's journey to self-discovery
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gptkbp:character_development
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Roger's struggles with identity
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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Roger and his boss
Roger and his friends
Roger and his wife
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gptkbp:conflict
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personal vs societal expectations
acceptance of self
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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reflections on American life
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Mark_Robson
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:Tyrone_Power
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:The_Man_in_the_Gray_Flannel_Suit
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Author
gptkb:High_School
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gptkbp:historical_context
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post-World War II America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sloan's The City
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:The_Great_Gatsby
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:John_Steinbeck
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
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gptkbp:influences
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post-war American literature
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gptkbp:is_motivated_by
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fear of failure
search for meaning
desire for success
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0-06-093546-0
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:literary_devices
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flashbacks
irony
foreshadowing
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Roger_W._Hargrove
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gptkbp:motif
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isolation
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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third-person
omniscient narrator
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gptkbp:page_count
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320
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gptkbp:plot
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linear narrative
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gptkbp:published_by
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1950
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Doubleday
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gptkbp:reader_demographic
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popular among young adults
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gptkbp:screenplay_by
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gptkb:Richard_Maibaum
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Borough
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gptkbp:significance
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exploration of modernity
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gptkbp:style
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realism
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the city as a character
the skyline
the subway
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gptkbp:theme
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urban life
disillusionment
materialism
the American Dream
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