Cultural Issues: Technology
Child Terms
- Appliance
- Atomic bomb
- Automobile
- Cadillac
- Car
- Car tire
- Construction equipment
- Cotton gin
- Electricity
- Elevator
- Invention
- Jaguar
- Lighting
- Neon
- Plastics
- Printing
- Public telephone
- Race
- Radio
- Running water
- Ship's wheel
- Shipping schooner
- Shipping tugboat
- Steam locomotive
- Steamboats
- Streetcars
- Telegraph
- Telephone
- Television
- Typewriter
Sibling Terms
- Age
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Class
- Clothes
- Crime
- Cultural Identity
- Economy
- Education
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Food
- Gender
- Global
- Government
- Group Mentality
- Health and Illness
- History
- Hunting and Fishing
- Identity, Cultural
- Identity, Personal
- Labor
- Land-Use
- Law
- Mass Media
- Materialism
- Migration
- Modernity
- Nationality
- Politics
- Prejudice
- Progress
- Race
- Region
- Religion
- Ritual
- Segregation
- Sexuality
- Slavery
- Supernatural
- Violence
- War
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Technology›Lighting
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Suspicion | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Realization | Play›Prank | Verbal›Bragging | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Technology›Automobile
Cultural Issues: Progress›Technological | Technology›Invention | Technology›Television
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Technology | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Airplane | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Picture/image
Cultural Issues: Technology | War›Military awards | War›Royal Air Force
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France
Actions: Domestic›Child-rearing
Cultural Issues: Technology›Printing
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Orphan
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trotline | Law›County attorney | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Death›Ambiguous circumstances | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Technology›Electricity | Technology›Running water
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Bookishness
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Technology›Invention
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Wealth | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Technological | Technology›Elevator
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Transcribing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Hunting | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Uniform | Health and Illness›Blind | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: smell | Technology›Automobile
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Entertainment›Playing cards | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Gender›War | Technology›Automobile | War›Play at War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Indifference | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | Technology›Automobile
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Law›Inheritance | Technology›Electricity
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: History›Atomic Age | Slavery›Freedom | Technology›Atomic bomb
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Progress›Cars | Race›Integration | Race›White supremacists | Technology›Electricity | Technology›Neon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Technology›Telephone
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Communication›Writing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Numbness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Technology›Streetcars
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Christmas card
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Technology›Telegraph | Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Marital›Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Greenwich Village | Narrative›First-person
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Technology›Appliance | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Military equipment | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Crime›Prostitution | Economy›Shipping | Technology›Steamboats
Cultural Issues: Technology›Plastics | War›Bombing | War›Prisoner | War›Royal Air Force | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Limbourg, Belgium
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy | Progress›Technological | Technology›Radio | Technology›Television
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Technology›Atomic bomb | War›Return from war | War›Surrender
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Erosion | Technology›Construction equipment
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Grand Canyon
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Technology›Cadillac
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Shock | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Technology›Jaguar
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs | Technology›Telephone
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Modernity›Changing customs | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
Cultural Issues: Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Actions: Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache | Health and Illness›Medicine aspirin | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Money | Objects›Surrey | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache | Health and Illness›Medicine aspirin | Health and Illness›Patent medicine | Progress›Roads | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Self-pity | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mud | Public›Filling Station | Public›Road | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Actions: Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Maritime / Marine
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Technology›Shipping schooner | Technology›Shipping tugboat
Actions: Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Jacket | Education›Oxford | Technology›Shipping tugboat
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Objects›Boat | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder | Technology›Car | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Hearse | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | Technology›Typewriter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics