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For when a character reports what some other character has told him/her about something that has happened - typically for things that the narrator was not present to see in person. -JBP

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"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Play›Gambling | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 358 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building | Physical›Jumping
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 195 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 196 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 196 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Reported narration
"Shingles for the Lord", 28 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect | Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 267 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Cultural Issues: Gender
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 269 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Running | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Physical›Eating
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 269 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Narrative›Reported narration | Tone›Sarcastic
"That Will Be Fine", 270 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 270 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 270 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 272 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 273 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 274 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Chase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Eating | Physical›Pursuit | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 17 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Mental›Predicting | Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Refusing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Patriarchy
Themes and Motifs: Character›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Reported narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 20 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Class›Power | Gender›Inversion | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Religion›Providence | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Southern curse | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Reported narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly | Time of Day›Midday | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Insight | Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Realization | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Invitation | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Race›Using a Negro as messenger
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Objects›Paper | Texts›Letters | Texts›Note
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Withholding | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Flags in the Dust, 20 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Boots | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Gun | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Eloquence | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Demosthenes | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 134 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 22 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Accounting | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 27 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Surprise
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 384 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flashlight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 384 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 386 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 388 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Maternal impulse
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 388 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ditches
Actions: Physical›Burning | Physical›Capture | Verbal›Screaming
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration | Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children
The Town, 388 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car | Physical›Apprehending
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration