Living being in The Oz Series
Mr. Smith
One of the two inventors of the firm of Smith & Tinker in the town of Evna, who built Tiktok the mechanical man. An artist as well as an inventor; he drowned after falling into a river he was painting.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 53, last in chapter 53.
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What the story establishes
| Affiliation | the firm of Smith & Tinker (inventors) of Evna, Land of Ev (as of ch. 53) |
| Being nature | human inventor and artist |
| Gender identity | man (as of ch. 53) |
| Health condition | deceased; drowned after falling into a river (as of ch. 53) |
| Is alive | no (as of ch. 53) |
| Personality | artistic and absorbed in his work to the point of carelessness about his surroundings (as of ch. 53) |
| Referential profile | masculine (as of ch. 53) |
| Sex profile | male (as of ch. 53) |
| Skills | inventing; painting so realistically that his river picture appeared natural (as of ch. 53) |
| Status | dead (drowned) (as of ch. 53) |
Relationships
- member of → Smith & Tinker ch. 53Mr. Smith was one of the two partners of the firm Smith & Tinker; an artist and inventor, he later drowned while painting.
- creates → Tiktok (ended) ch. 53As a partner of Smith & Tinker, Mr. Smith helped make Tiktok, the only automatic mechanical man the firm ever completed.
From the text
Mr. Smith was an artist, as well as an inventor, and he painted a picture of a river which was so natural that, as he was reaching across it to paint some flowers on the opposite bank, he fell into the water and was drowned.Chapter 53