Actions: Perceptual Observing

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"A Bear Hunt", 70 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Hair", 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Patience | Perceptual›Observing
"Mule in the Yard", 254 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Observing | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Meaning›Aesthetic experience | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Story-telling›Explaining | Texts | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Description›Color yellow | Interpretation›Explanatory passage | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Time
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Mud | Natural›River
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Return | Movement›Riding | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Crime›Waistcoat | Economy›Economic speculation | Nationality›French | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Slave trading | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Gold | Money›Loot | Time›Duration of time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Tableau | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Mud | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Language barriers | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Building structure | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Group Mentality›Community collective | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Local legends | Objects›Bricks | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Reconstructed
Absalom, Absalom!, 28 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Mud | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Sunrise | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost | Values›Determination
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Tone›Overwrought
As I Lay Dying, 123 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Perceptual›Observing
Go Down, Moses, 186 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Observing
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Light in August, 496 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Lynching
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
The Hamlet, 119 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship | Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 310 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces
The Hamlet, 310 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Observing
The Hamlet, 316 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Perceptual›Observing
The Hamlet, 317 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Observing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Barrel
The Hamlet, 318 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Perceptual›Observing
The Hamlet, 319 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Perceptual›Observing
The Hamlet, 321 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Perceptual›Observing
The Hamlet, 394 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Digging | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Greed
The Hamlet, 405 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness
The Sound and the Fury, 320 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Town, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream