Actions: Movement Train
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambulance
- Aviation
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Canoe
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flat tire
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- Hitch-hiking
- Horse
- Hot-air balloon
- Hurrying
- Interurban streetcar / trolley
- Limousine
- Limping
- Marching
- Matching / Paralleling
- Migration
- Mule
- Ox
- Procession
- Racing
- Random
- Return
- Riding
- Running
- Running away
- Ship
- Sneaking
- Spitting
- Steamboat
- Stopping
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Taxi
- Traffic
- Truck
- Wagon
- Walking
- Wrong direction
Tagged Events
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Description›Landscape
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Intimidation | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Suitcase | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical advice
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness
Actions: Movement›Train | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Snake
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trophy | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past vs present
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Movement›Train | Perceptual›Hearing
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past vs present | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Train | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Silence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying | Movement›Train | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
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
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Squatting | Bodily›Standing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hitting | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Train | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Marital›Desertion | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Education›College life | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Language›Contemporary slang
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Searching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train
Cultural Issues: Education›Rural school | Gender›Male domination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anti-climax
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disordered | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Blue Ridge Mountains
Cultural Issues: Progress›Pace of travel
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Progress›Pace of travel
Actions: Movement›Train | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Overalls | Race›Racial resentment
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Railroad log line | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Modernity›Changing customs
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Motoring | Gender›Bachelor | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Animal mule | Death›Response to
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Place›Railroad | Time of Year›July
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Preserving order | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Environment: Auditory›Train sound
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Progress›Regional | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha