Aesthetics: Tone Humorous

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"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 67 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Play›Joking around
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 69 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"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
"A Point of Law", 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Objects›Still | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
"All the Dead Pilots", 522 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Public›Cafe
Actions: Military›Combat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Wine | War›Aerial combat | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats
Aesthetics: Language›French | Tone›Humorous
"All the Dead Pilots", 524 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Uniform
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gilbert and Sullivan | Language›French | Tone›Humorous
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
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›Withholding | Tone›Humorous
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Fool About a Horse", 126 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Fool About a Horse", 134 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Lion", 186 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Aztec tribes | Allusion, Historical›Polynesian tribes | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Mule in the Yard", 264 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"Raid", 56 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Retreat", 22 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers Roses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Retreat", 29 (Event)
Actions: Military›Capturing prisoners | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Retreat", 31 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Plunder | War›Prisoner
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 28 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Praying | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Religion›God
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 29 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Working day
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 31 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 33 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Movement›Mule | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 39 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Actions: Physical›Extinguishing fire
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 40 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Labor | Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 42 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Nursing | Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Rejection
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injury | Labor
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"The Unvanquished", 92 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
"There Was a Queen", 733 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro eduction
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Tomorrow", 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Flags in the Dust, 37 (Event)
Environment: 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›Deaf | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 20 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escaping | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 21 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 63 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 123 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Tone›Humorous
The Sound and the Fury, 43 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
The Town, 113 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 13 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›June
Actions: Emotional›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition | Class›Middle | Nationality›American | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Progress›Cars | Progress›Ironies of | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Historical›Crusades | Allusion, Historical›Richard I of England | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 137 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 162 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 251 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
The Town, 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 69 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Movement›Car | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Objects›Rake | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Unvanquished, 115 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Moral›Fraud | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Swearing
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 54 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers Roses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 64 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Military›Escape | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Objects›Pistol | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 80 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous