Actions: Verbal Questioning

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"A Bear Hunt", 68 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Verbal›Questioning
"A Bear Hunt", 73 (Event)
Environment: Auditory | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"A Point of Law", 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Objects›Well | Psychological›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"Beyond", 783 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Expecting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Afterlife
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Beyond", 785 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Mental›Accepting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Atheism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire | Language›Ellipsis
"Beyond", 788 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Imagined | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Montesquieu | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Salvation
"Beyond", 791 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Language›Latin phrase | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 794 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Sympathy | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Childhood friends
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding | Tone›Humorous
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›Korean War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Geese | Character›Unknowable
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"Hand upon the Waters", 73 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Wagon
"Hand upon the Waters", 74 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Horror | Movement›Boat | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Turtles | Objects›Oars
Relationships: Interspecies›Animals preying on humans
"Knight's Gambit", 181 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Distrust | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Chess | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
"Monk", 51 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Smoke", 18 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›And detective plot | Narrative›Suspense
"Smoke", 33 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
"That Will Be Fine", 270 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
"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
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"That Will Be Fine", 277 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"The Bear", 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Insects tick | Objects›Gun | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Old People", 205 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Two Soldiers", 93 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Memphis | Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Absalom, Absalom!, 13 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Meaning
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Region›The South
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 217 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Absalom, Absalom!, 264 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 298 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 298 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poe, Edgar Allan
As I Lay Dying, 214 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Listening | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Consolation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Flags in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Flags in the Dust, 41 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Gulf Coast | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Sarcastic
Go Down, Moses, 41 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife
Go Down, Moses, 68 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Law›Testimony | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Marital›Honeymoon
Light in August, 116 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Light in August, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Orphanage
Actions: Bodily›Nausea | Bodily›Recoiling | Economic›Bribing | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Toothpaste
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 133 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 134 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Predicting | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Segregation
Light in August, 141 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Christmas Eve | Time of Year›December
Actions: Mental›Knowing | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Watch chain | Identity, Personal›Background
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Light in August, 149 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Catechism | Objects›Fan | Objects›Harness strap | Objects›Umbrella
Light in August, 162 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 20 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 211 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Kimono | Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Luggage
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Chanting | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 25 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Listen | Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 253 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Killing | Violent›Killing in war | Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›French | Race›Mixed race | War›Civil War | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 297 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Woods
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Physical›Squatting | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Light in August, 304 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 304 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 305 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet
Light in August, 314 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 332 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Field
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hungering | Bodily›Kneeling | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 336 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Emotional›Terror | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 344 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 374 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 374 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 380 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›December
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Reading aloud | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Light in August, 381 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Train | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death
Light in August, 382 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 386 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Screaming
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 437 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Present tense
Light in August, 468 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Supper table | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Year›October | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Light in August, 470 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Light in August, 486 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics
Themes and Motifs: Death›Moment of | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Marital›Strife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 498 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 499 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 500 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 503 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 505 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 54 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning
Light in August, 55 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 80 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Light in August, 99 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Sanctuary, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Divorce
Sanctuary, 151 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Education›College life | Gender›Female body | Gender›Male gaze | Sexuality›Experience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden
Sanctuary, 164 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 185 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Politics›Public opinion
Sanctuary, 188 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Place›City | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 190 (Event)
Environment: Place›City | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 207 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Morals›Hypocrisy | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 209 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Sanctuary, 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Morals›Justice | Past›Quest to recover
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 265 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Communication›Writing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
The Mansion, 259 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Law›Warrant
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe
The Mansion, 422 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
The Mansion, 454 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Law›Incarceration
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, 111 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Grinning | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Lust | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | 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, 115 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Uncertainty | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Aesthetics: 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, 122 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Legal›Marriage | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: 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, 123 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Body›Jaw
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Natural›Body of water | Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Place›Road | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Forced
Aesthetics: 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, 127 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Place›Bakery
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Cake | Food›Ice-cream | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 128 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Education›College | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Law›Marshal | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 131 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Nodding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Economy›Poverty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink
The Sound and the Fury, 133 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color red | Figures of Speech›Calf rope | Language›Fragments | 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, 134 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Food›Bread
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
The Sound and the Fury, 141 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Language›Fragments | 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, 148 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Perfume
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Objects›Basket | Objects›Books
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sex and death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 308 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›knife
The Sound and the Fury, 52 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 71 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Sulking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 82 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Death›Wake | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 128 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Curious | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Mass Media›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Character›Sophistication | Objects›Camera | Objects›Tea
The Town, 164 (Event)
Environment: Public›Cafe
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Einstein, Albert | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 190 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Boxing | Work›Mechanic
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe
Relationships: Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cicero | Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 233 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Surprise | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Respectability | Gender›Idealization | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 29 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
The Town, 29 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Town, 30 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 376 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Meaning›Mystery | Objects›Pipe | Philosophical›Existentialism | Values›Love
The Town, 5 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
The Town, 7 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Money›In prospect | Objects›Shotgun
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual