Actions: Movement Walking
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambulance
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- 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
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Tractor
- Train
- Truck
- Wagon
Tagged Events
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Money›Collecting money | Money›Expenses
Cultural Issues: Labor›Translation
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Cultural Issues: Labor›Domestic | Race›Racist child | Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Walking | Physical›Building
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Themes and Motifs: Time›Permanence
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deaf | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Road
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Movement›Walking
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Swagger
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Heat
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Buzzards | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›First-person passim | Style›Cubism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Return from war
Environment: Olfactory
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wet clothes
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Environment: Olfactory›Excrement | Place›Medical practice
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garter | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition
Cultural Issues: Race›Genealogy | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Race›Friendly interaction
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Carriage house | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Public›Post office | Public›Street
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Fecundity / lushness | Natural›Trees | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall | Weather›Coolness
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Lichen / fungi | Natural›River | Natural›Rocks / stones | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Figures of Speech›Stone | Symbolism›Reflection
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Place›Barn
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bees | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Hills | Natural›Orchard | Natural›Trees | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects bees
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Threads
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bees | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Supernatural›Spell
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Natural›Trees | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Wheel | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Public›Store
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
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Olfactory›Ammonia | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Place›Livery stable | Public›Post office | Public›Railroad tracks | Public›Street
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pencil
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 | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Jumping | Physical›Rolling / wallowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shirt | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Pneumonia | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Body›Breast | Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Public›Bridge | Public›Railroad tracks
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Easter | Weather›Fog | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Description›Color blue | Description›Color maroon | Description›Color purple
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Bells | Place›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Impairment | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Cellar | Natural›Cedar trees
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pneumonia
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Running | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Rheumatism
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
Environment: Public›Academic quad / quadrangle | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m.
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Socks | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Education›College | Education›College class or lecture
Themes and Motifs: Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coffee | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being late / tardiness
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock chiming
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Hotel | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Purchase | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: History›Awareness of / Being in history | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
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: Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Direction east | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Time of Day›Midday
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Lunch | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Communication›Car horn | Emotional›Anger | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cicero
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Body›Eyes | Home›Home as prison
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Death›Animal Dog | Death›Bones
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Morning
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan