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"A Bear Hunt", 63 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Economic›Selling | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Technological
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Poverty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Great Depression
"A Courtship", 364 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Violent›Poisoning | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Native American
"A Justice", 351 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Slavery›Purchase
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Objects›Still | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
"A Rose for Emily", 125 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Economic›Purchase
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes | Gender›Clothing | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Marital›Forced
"All the Dead Pilots", 515 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | War›Aerial combat | War›Military awards | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France | Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
"Barn Burning", 19 (Event)
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
"Barn Burning", 3 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Impounding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Objects›Fence
"Barn Burning", 3 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Objects›Fence
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
"Barn Burning", 8 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Domestic | Economic›Share-cropping | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
"Centaur in Brass", 150 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Restauranteer
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
"Centaur in Brass", 157 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Paying | Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
"Centaur in Brass", 167 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Paying | Moral›Defeat | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Death Drag", 194 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
"Death Drag", 197 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Car | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
"Death Drag", 202 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Entertainment›Barnstorming
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Birmingham, Alabama | Narrative›Parentheses
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying | Movement›Train
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Gifting | Work›Barbering
Cultural Issues: Age | Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
"Hair", 144 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying | Interaction, Private›Rejection | Verbal›Speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Quixote
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Accounts
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"Knight's Gambit", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
"Knight's Gambit", 157 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Clothes›And class
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
"Knight's Gambit", 159 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Renting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
"Knight's Gambit", 160 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Renting | Work›Farming
Aesthetics: Tone›Nostalgic
"Knight's Gambit", 169 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›House
Actions: Economic›Auction | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Movement›Riding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reality
"Knight's Gambit", 173 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-horse
"Knight's Gambit", 210 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Knight's Gambit", 211 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Lion", 188 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Economic›Purchase | Movement›Train
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 368 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Tavern
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store | Economic›Selling a house or place | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Quilt | Objects›Shotgun
"Monk", 45 (Event)
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
"Mule in the Yard", 252 (Event)
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Mule in the Yard", 253 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Receiving money
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat
"Mule in the Yard", 258 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 259 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 260 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 262 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Gallic
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Race at Morning", 307 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping | Emotional›Fear
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
"Red Leaves", 320 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
"Red Leaves", 321 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Crime›Theft | Government›Usurpation | Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Retreat", 20 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Shopping | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Salt
"Retreat", 23 (Event)
Environment: Place›Spring
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | War›Glorification
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
"Shingles for the Lord", 28 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deaf
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect | Narrative›Reported narration
"Shingles for the Lord", 31 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 32 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
"Shingles for the Lord", 33 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Movement›Mule | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Poison
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
"Smoke", 8 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Religion›Lay preacher
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular
"Spotted Horses", 173 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Trading | Perceptual›Nosiness
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Familial›Uncle-nephew
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 268 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"That Will Be Fine", 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 272 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"That Will Be Fine", 272 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 274 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Transactional | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"That Will Be Fine", 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"That Will Be Fine", 281 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"The Unvanquished", 77 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Reconnaissance
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Map | Texts›Cook book
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Unvanquished", 80 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
"The Unvanquished", 80 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Camp-fire smoke | Olfactory›Food | Place›Military camp
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
"The Unvanquished", 86 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-reliance | Money›Cash | Texts›Ledger
"Tomorrow", 103 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 106 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 96 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Renting | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
"Tomorrow", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
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
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
"Two Soldiers", 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 99 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Uncle Willy", 232 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Debunking story
"Uncle Willy", 239 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Physical›Gardening
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place
Themes and Motifs: Money | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 165 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Persistence over time | Slavery›Quarters
Absalom, Absalom!, 169 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Quarters
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 170 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Indebtedness
Themes and Motifs: Money | Objects›Tombstone
Absalom, Absalom!, 206 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat
Absalom, Absalom!, 209 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Ascent
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 240 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Receiving money | Mental›Realization
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery
Absalom, Absalom!, 240 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Receiving money
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Economy›Wealth | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 242 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Moral›Exploitation
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coke upon Littleton | Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 243 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Hate | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 247 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fire | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gold | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Economical | Interracial›Indian-white
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Exploitation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Ledger | Gender›Chivalry | Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Fighting | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Relationships: Familial
As I Lay Dying, 134 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Deception | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
As I Lay Dying, 165 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Carpentry
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Balance
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence
As I Lay Dying, 17 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
As I Lay Dying, 184 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Flood
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Indebtedness | Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Doctoring
As I Lay Dying, 186 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Coffin | Death›Respect
As I Lay Dying, 188 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 192 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Exaggeration
Relationships: Familial
As I Lay Dying, 235 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
As I Lay Dying, 255 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Coercion | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Parent-child
As I Lay Dying, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 260 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Surprise
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
As I Lay Dying, 82 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Carpentry
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Style›List
Flags in the Dust, 229 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Economic›Frugality
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Materialism›Status
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers
Flags in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Silk
Flags in the Dust, 282 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›October | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Crime›Embezzlement
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 288 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Singing | Economic›Share-cropping | Movement›Car | Work›Milling
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought
Flags in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lawnmower
Go Down, Moses, 112 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Accounting | Economic›Bootlegging | Emotional›Defiance
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Progress›Agricultural
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Past›Past in present | Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Go Down, Moses, 113 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Moral›Stealing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Greed
Relationships: Marital›Breakup
Go Down, Moses, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Competition | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Share-cropping | Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Economy›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Go Down, Moses, 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Competition
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Bootlegging | Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 40 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Go Down, Moses, 42 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Go Down, Moses, 74 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Go Down, Moses, 76 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites
Go Down, Moses, 76 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Ledger
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 78 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Aesthetics: Language›Ha ha ha
Go Down, Moses, 78 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jehovah
Go Down, Moses, 80 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Treasure
Go Down, Moses, 83 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Ownership | Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 86 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Money›Silver dollar | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Go Down, Moses, 87 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Go Down, Moses, 89 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Silver dollar | Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Aesthetics: Language›Ha ha ha
Go Down, Moses, 93 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cleveland, Grover | Allusion, Historical›Taft, President
Go Down, Moses, 96 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Intruder in the Dust, 113 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Economic›Buying timber | Legal›Standing guard | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Driving | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 161 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Buying timber | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle
Intruder in the Dust, 161 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Hunting›Fox hunting
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Intruder in the Dust, 174 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun
Intruder in the Dust, 217 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying timber | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Economic›Saving money | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Intruder in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Indebtedness
Intruder in the Dust, 220 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Receiving money | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft
Intruder in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Intruder in the Dust, 54 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Intruder in the Dust, 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Economic›Paying | Legal›Counsel | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Requiem for a Nun, 11 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Requiem for a Nun, 187 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Partnership
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Sanctuary, 203 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Place›Gate
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Moral›Blackmail
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Sanctuary, 227 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Sanctuary, 270 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Confident
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
Sanctuary, 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Domestic›Child care | Economic›Sex as payment | Emotional›Confident
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Law›Witness | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Sanctuary, 277 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Sex as payment
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Predatory
The Reivers , 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Hurrying | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 123 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 163 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lytle, Horace | Allusion, Mythical›Damocles sword | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 174 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kiblett, Arkansas | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Heh heh heh | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 256 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 280 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Country vs city
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Owed
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
The Reivers , 29 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Exultation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
The Reivers , 3 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›May
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
The Reivers , 30 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Motoring | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 71 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Plow
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 117 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Money | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Future | Death›Killing oneself slowly | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 130 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
The Sound and the Fury, 145 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town hall
Actions: Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Impatience | Interaction, Private›Courting | Legal›Dismissing a case | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Ethnic slur | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Dew | Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Mint julep | Alcohol›Traditional southern drink | Class›Aristocratic posing | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Southern woman | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Plant mint | Past›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Old maid | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 191 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Investing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Cultural Identity›American | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
The Sound and the Fury, 192 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Telegram
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York
The Sound and the Fury, 193 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Sound and the Fury, 194 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling | Moral›Reform | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 197 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Economic›Asking for money
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Cemetery | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 208 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital
The Sound and the Fury, 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Money order
The Sound and the Fury, 211 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Economic›Asking for money | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
The Sound and the Fury, 217 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
The Sound and the Fury, 221 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Language›Grandiloquence
The Sound and the Fury, 226 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
The Sound and the Fury, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
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
The Sound and the Fury, 232 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph company | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Geographical›Nicaragua | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C.
The Sound and the Fury, 243 (Event)
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Sound and the Fury, 253 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Emotional›Cruelty | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Master-servant
The Sound and the Fury, 312 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
The Sound and the Fury, 42 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Comforting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Perfume | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 46 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Golf ball | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 53 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Weed
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Crying | Physical›Searching | Play
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Food›Eggs | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Candle | Objects›Dogfennel | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 72 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Defeat | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Classical rhetoric | Language›Latin phrase | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Hyphen | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 80 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Ferris wheel | Entertainment›World's Fair | Materialism›Americana | Materialism›Souvenir | Progress›Skyscraper
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Jewelry Charm | Objects›Opera glass | Objects›Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Niagara Falls | Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Allusion, Historical›Saint Louis Fair of 1904 / Louisiana Purchase Exposition | Description›Tableau
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Hotel | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Purchase | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: History›Awareness of / Being in history | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Clock tower | Public›Store | Public›Store window | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Street vendor / service worker | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Boot-black / Shoe shine | Work›Jeweler
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Money›Gift of money | Money›Nickel coin | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Sound and the Fury, 90 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Ice floes / iceberg | Atmospheric›Wind | Natural›River | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Renting | Legal›Calling police | Mental›Believing | Movement›Boat | Movement›Car | Movement›Following | Movement›Matching / Paralleling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat, straw | Law›Police | Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Geographical›Arctic | Allusion, Geographical›Charles River | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Figures of Speech›Planets | Figures of Speech›Sheep | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 94 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw
Themes and Motifs: Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ethnic / racial stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 121 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bribe | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Values›Devotion
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Town, 124 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 125 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Verbal›Threat | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
The Town, 127 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Politics›Election | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Art›Photograph | Character›Provincialism | Community›Secrecy | Time›Long passage of time
The Town, 135 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Movement›Bicycle
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Objects›tent
The Town, 135 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Economic›Delivery | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Money
The Town, 135 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Investing
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
The Town, 145 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Stock trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Money | Time›Routine
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 147 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Town, 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
The Town, 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Filthy lucre
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 155 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 157 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Investing | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Moral›Purification | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed | Money›As motive | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 198 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Renting
The Town, 198 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
The Town, 208 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Education›Graduation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Suitcase | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Narrative shift | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Town, 215 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect
The Town, 22 (Event)
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, 232 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
The Town, 237 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Mental›Misunderstanding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Town, 243 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment
Themes and Motifs: Body | Death›Corpse | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 243 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Mental›Distrust
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Economy›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 245 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Blacksmithing | Economic›Purchase | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 246 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Gallop
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 252 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Character›Reliability
The Town, 254 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Footsteps | Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Food›Banana
The Town, 255 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Receiving money | Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Flattery
Cultural Issues: Food›Banana | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
The Town, 257 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Food›Ham
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute | Home›Dwelling | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 261 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Witness | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Bargainer | Money›Owed
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism
The Town, 274 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Education›Need to be educated | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Humility | Character›Ruthless | Money›Social force | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 278 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Money›As symbol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 283 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Town, 285 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Morals›Hypocrisy
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language›French
The Town, 289 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Samson | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 295 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Money
The Town, 300 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing
Themes and Motifs: Money
The Town, 308 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Law›Contract
The Town, 313 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Delivery | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
The Town, 323 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Economic›Banking | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Time›Routine
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 327 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Economic›Banking | Moral›Purification | Movement›Car | Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Money | Morals›Morality
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coolidge, Calvin | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 339 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Garment female | Entertainment›Beach resort
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 340 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Transactional
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education
The Town, 344 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Hate
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 345 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Trading | Mental›Believing | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
The Town, 356 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 368 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Waiting | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 382 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment
Cultural Issues: Economy›Insurance
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 383 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Economic›Child support
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Town, 45 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Investing | Work›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
The Town, 55 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Ga