Actions: Movement Truck
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
- Train
- Wagon
- Walking
- Wrong direction
Tagged Events
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Community›Social life | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Plane accident
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Government›Federal laws and regulations | Labor
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Year›November
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Killing in war | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Religion›Piety | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Spanish-American War
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Home›Trying to go home
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Place›Gas station | Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Movement›Running | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Hitch-hiking | Movement›Running away | Movement›Truck | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Money›Cash
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses