Actions: Bodily Eating
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Alimentary
- Asthma
- Bathing and/or personal hygiene
- Birth / Being born
- Bleeding
- Blinking
- Blushing
- Breastfeeding
- Breathing
- Caressing
- Chewing
- Childbirth
- Choking
- Confessing without words
- Coughing
- Crying
- Decomposition
- Defecation
- Dipping snuff
- Dismemberment
- Drinking
- Drooling
- Dying
- Eating breakfast
- Eating supper
- Ejaculating
- Fainting
- Falling
- Fasting
- Feeling pain
- Flatulence
- Gaining weight
- Going to bed
- Grinning
- Groaning
- Healing
- Heart beating
- Hiccups
- Hiding
- Hungering
- Idleness
- Inject
- Insomnia
- Jumping
- Kissing
- Kneeling
- Laughing
- Limping
- Looking
- Losing consciousness
- Losing weight
- Menstruation
- Miscarriage
- Nausea
- Panting
- Playing music
- Pregnancy
- Recoiling
- Regaining consciousness
- Retching
- Running
- Shaking
- Shaving
- Shivering
- Singing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Sleeplessness
- Sleepy
- Smelling
- Smoking
- Snoring
- Spitting
- Squatting
- Standing
- Staring
- Starvation
- Stretching
- Swallowing
- Sweating
- Tension
- Thirsting
- Trembling
- Urinating
- Vomiting
- Waking
- Watching
- Weakness
- Work song
Tagged Events
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Bear hunting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
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
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Competition | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Environment: Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Falling | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Kinship
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Milk | Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Elephants | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Tigers
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Reputation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Religion›Folk superstition
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Supper
Environment: Public›Supply house
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Sunset
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Empathy | Movement›Car | Movement›Flat tire | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance | Physical›Waiting
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Mystery
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shell | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance | Objects›Candelabra | Objects›Damask | Objects›Porcelain
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Gender›Labor | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Politics›Presidential administration | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wilson, Woodrow
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›War story | Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Disappointment
Cultural Issues: War›Noncombatant | War›Return from war
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Place›Negro district
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Mammy-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Symbolism›Fire
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Economy›Gambling | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Play›Children playing
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Olfactory›Smelling black
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Food›Biscuits | Food›Buttermilk | Food›Greens | Food›Meat | Food›Race | Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Interracial›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Country store | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Squatting | Bodily›Standing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Intent to kill | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Suit | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Complaining
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Place›Blacksmith shop
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Closet | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Passivity | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Body›Stomach/belly | Objects›Toothpaste
Relationships: Sexual
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Train | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Silence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Dusk
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Lunch
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Midday
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Discussion | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Naming›Importance of naming
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Dawn
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Looking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Hitting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Year›Monday
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Ownership
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Exasperation | Physical›Camping | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Entertainment›Popular culture
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Education›College life
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Mental›Fantasizing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Ring | Objects›Tankard
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Olfactory›Coffee | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Making coffee | Emotional›Exhaustion
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Texts›Letters
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Health and Illness›Insanity | Health and Illness›Venereal disease
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coolidge, Calvin
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Class›Snopesism | Economy›Contract | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation | Health and Illness›Recuperation
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Environment: Auditory›Music | Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Pain | Progress›Paving
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Race›Black family working for white
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Gender›War | Health and Illness›Deafness | Race›Etiquette | Segregation›Daily life | War›Wound
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Law›Informal arrangement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Environment: Otherworldly | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: teeth
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Lunch
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Brain / mind | Body›Stomach/belly | Chaos/Order›Confusion | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Advertising | Progress›Smoke stack
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
Environment: Time of Day›Lunch | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge | Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fish trout | Animals›Insect fly | Animals›Insects mayflies
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Arrow
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Cake | Food›Ice-cream | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Following | Perceptual›Looking back | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Money order
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Lunch
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Social›Partying
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Eating breakfast | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Climbing tree | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Fire | Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Pear tree | Objects›Stove | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Clock | Objects›Stove | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire | Objects›knife | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Character›Comforter | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Stove | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bowl | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Pornography | War›World War I
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Observing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Witness | Region›Hospitality
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas