Actions: Play
Child Terms
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Moral›Rationalization | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Realization | Play›Poker | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Place
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Poker
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Emotional›Relief | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Walking | Play›Gambling | Play›Joking around | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Progress›Agricultural
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Suspicion | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Realization | Play›Prank | Verbal›Bragging | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Technology›Automobile
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Renaming
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Uniform
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gilbert and Sullivan | Language›French | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Forgetting | Objects›Golf ball
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Remembering
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Mental›Distrust | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Chess | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Play›Chess | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Social›Competition | Physical›Riding | Play›Sport-fencing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Trying to kill Gualdres
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Military›Enlistment | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
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: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Place›Playground
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Actions: Communication›Sending mail | Play›Prank
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Agriculture›Household gardening | Economy›Poverty
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Repetition
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Actions: Play
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Play›Fireworks
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
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
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Moral›Stealing | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Holding | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Message | Verbal›Promising | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Car | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Community›Ordinary | Home›Homecoming
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Baseball | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Blind | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Public›Drugstore | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Riding | Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Play›Gambling | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Birthright | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Consumption | Economy›Gambling | Identity, Personal›Background | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Character›Opportunism | Character›Recklessness | Determinism›Vs human agency | Money›As motive | Money›Ill-gotten | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Moral›Judgmental | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Respectability | Crime›Gambling | Law›Wedding license | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Meaning | Past›Historical wrong | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sitting | Domestic›Camping | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Lending Money | Hunting›Deer hunting | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Wrestling | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Economy›Dowry | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Home›Improvements | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Surprise | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Commodity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Character›Ruthless | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Art›Music | Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Piano | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Greek tragedy | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Mask
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Gender›Work | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Semiramis
Actions: Communication›Silence | Play›Tennis | Work›Glassblowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Gender›Idealization | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Alcohol | Education›Oxford | Education›Rhodes Scholar | Religion›Episcopal
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Romantic›Sexual
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ahenobarbus | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal | Language›Archaic
Environment: Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sports | Gender›Male gaze | Mass Media›Movies | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Virginity | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male gaze | Sexuality›Experience
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Uniform | Food›Ice-cream | Labor›Domestic | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Migration›North | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Genealogy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Agriculture›Household gardening | Economy›Poverty
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hunting camps
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Food›Breakfast | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Actions: Play›Card playing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Language›snicksnicksnick...
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Building | Play›Poker
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Play›Card playing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Economy›Gambling | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›And race | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Play›Children playing
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Triumph | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Car | Play›Athletic competition | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football | Health and Illness›Insomnia
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Play›Card playing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Playing cards
Environment: Natural›Woods | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›August
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Grand jury | Nationality›American | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Creating an Other
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Actions: Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Environment: Place›Speakeasy | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Entertainment›Dancing | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Kidnapping
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Park | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Sulking | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Classical music | Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Play›Athletic competition
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Basketball
Actions: Bodily›Barefooted | Play›Athletic competition
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Basketball
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Valley
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Style›Character portrait
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Play›Card playing
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Crime›Grave robbing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Delilah | Allusion, Biblical›Samson | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Interaction, Social›Charity | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Integration | Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Play›Sports Golf
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Having sex | Sexuality›Male vitality | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Male vitality
Themes and Motifs: Values›Conscience
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Movement›Walking | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color brown
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Listening | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Golf course
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Searching | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Age | Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Memory›Remembering | Money›Lost | Objects›Candle | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | War›U.S. Army
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Objects›Oars
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Play›Playing in water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Wisteria
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Undressing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Education›Primary school | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Racial consciousness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Mental›Impairment | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Objects›Fence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Jimson weed
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Golf ball | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
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
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Misunderstanding | Play | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Weed
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play | Work
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Twinkling | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›River | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Public›Bridge | Public›Drawbridge | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Education›Being well read / erudite | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Archimedes | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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
Actions: Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Jacket | Education›Oxford | Technology›Shipping tugboat
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Objects›Boat | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Conflict | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Play›Poker
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Figures of Speech›Metaphor