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"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Play›Gambling | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Actions: Play›Gambling | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
"Lion", 186 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Aztec tribes | Allusion, Historical›Polynesian tribes | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Red Leaves", 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Boat | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Absalom, Absalom!, 172 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: 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!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Hunting | Physical›Riding | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Flags in the Dust, 104 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Gender›Work | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Semiramis
Go Down, Moses, 131 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Values›Success
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Thinking | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Funeral | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Alcohol›Race | Crime›Bribe
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 10 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Scar
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba
The Town, 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Play›Gambling | Work›Accident | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 55 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Economy›Gift
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Death | Objects›Ice | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses