Aesthetics: Narrative Parentheses
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Adage
- African-American folk sayings
- Alternative story
- Anti-climax
- Anticipation
- Argument
- Background
- Child's perspective
- Chronological enjambment
- Collaborative narration
- Commentary
- Communal narrative
- Conjectural narration
- Contested
- Conversation with oneself
- Cyclical
- Delayed revelation
- Disruption
- Epiphany
- Fantasy
- First-person
- First-person passim
- First-person passim throughout section
- First-person plural passim
- First-person vernacular
- First-person vernacular passim
- Foreshadowing
- Frame
- Free indirect discourse
- Gaps
- Imagined conversation
- Indeterminacy
- Irony
- Mid-sentence insertion of another thought
- Multiple quotations in a single paragraph
- Narrative anomaly
- Narrative shift
- Origin
- Pause
- Perspective
- Present-time reference
- Quotation as thought
- Reconstructed
- Repetition
- Reported narration
- Reported narration passim
- Reported narration passim in section
- Resumption of sentence after interruption
- Revision
- Revisionary
- Second-person directed
- Self-correction
- Self-Reflective
- Stream of consciousness narration
- Summary
- Suspended|Resumed
- Suspense
- Temporal discontinuity
- Temporal projection
- Theatrical effect
- Under oath
- Unidentified character
- Unreliable narrator
- Withholding
Tagged Events
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marketing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Progress›Mail delivery
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Texts›Letter of protest
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Environment: Atmospheric›Racialized | Place›Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city | Progress›Racialized
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Military rank of general
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Personality change
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Space program | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›July Fourth
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Aaahhhhhhh | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Actions: Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Work clothes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Birmingham, Alabama | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Aesthetics: Narrative›Adage | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Labor›Translation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Shadows
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›Siblings
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Race›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Verbal›Self-justifying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Gender›And marriage | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Marital›Civil marriage | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Gender›Masculinity | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Mental›Visualize
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Manumission
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Mental›Realization | Mental›Visualize | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | Slavery›Concubinage
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: History›Atomic Age | Slavery›Freedom | Technology›Atomic bomb
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | 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
Actions: Bodily›Sleeplessness | Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Car | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Anticipation
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Complaining
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Morality | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Bodily›Running | Movement›Car | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Buying timber | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Surgery
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Waiting | Emotional›Worry | Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Ordering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Photograph | Objects›Quilt
Relationships: Interracial›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Pocahontas | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Crime›Car theft | Crime›Grave robbing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Olfactory›Trees | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Progress›Frontier times
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Jail | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier times
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Hunting horn
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Technological
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Plantation
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Exile›Post-war
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Time of Year›Confederate Decoration Day
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Verbal›Rebel yell
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Past›And monuments
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Burnside, Ambrose | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Hooker, Joseph | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Allusion, Historical›McClellan, George B. | Allusion, Historical›Pope, John | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gone With the Wind | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Progress›Indoor plumbing | Progress›New replacing old | Progress›Paving | Progress›Roads | Progress›Technological | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Progress›Technological | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Government›Depression-era programs | Progress›As loss | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Paving | Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›July Fourth | Time of Year›Juneteenth | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Legal›Bailing out | Work›Yard work
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hangover | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Imagination
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Bernhardt, Sarah | Allusion, Historical›Duse, Eleonora | Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Miscarriage | Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Religion›Religious faith | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Jail
Cultural Issues: Law›And progress | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Iron box
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lilliput | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Economy›Civic boosterism | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Promotional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Bear | Animals›Bison | Animals›Deer | Animals›Panther | Animals›Wolf | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Agricultural›Planting
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Destruction of enemy property | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military communications
Cultural Issues: Government›State laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Postal worker
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bomb-sight
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Address to reader
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
Cultural Issues: Politics›Conservative | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Liberal | Politics›Republican
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Public›Alley | Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Violence›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
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: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Language›French | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Islam
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Elite | Race›Genealogy | Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | 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: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Law›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Olfactory›Excrement | Place›Medical practice
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garter | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition
Actions: Verbal›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›New replacing old
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Tourism | Region›North
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Hickory Flat | Allusion, Geographical›Saskatchewan | Allusion, Geographical›Wall Street | Allusion, Historical›Avant, Jim | Allusion, Historical›Cobb, Ty | Allusion, Historical›Lytle, Horace | Allusion, Historical›Peyton, George | Allusion, Historical›Rainey, Paul | Allusion, Historical›Ruth, George Herman "Babe" | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
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
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
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Vengeful
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Horse race | Violence›Rape
Aesthetics: Language›Haw haw | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Making whisky | Crime›Murder | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Actions: Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Squirrel hunting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Clothes›Socks | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Religion›African American
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Work›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Shoes | Labor›Racialized | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black family working for white
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Historical›Manassas, Horse | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Hunting and Fishing›Tourism | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity | Race›Stereotype cannibalism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Benzene | Olfactory›Shaving lotion | Olfactory›Starch | Olfactory›Tobacco | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Time›Series of events experienced as long duration | Values›Determination | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Relationships: Ancestral›Great-grandparent
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Motordrome
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Land-Use›Recreation | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Motoring | Gender›Bachelor | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Motoring | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Interracial›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Gender›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Race›Genealogy | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Naming
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Garage
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Motoring clothes | Entertainment›Motoring | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Entertainment›Motoring | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry | Figures of Speech›Expression | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Gender›Changing relationships
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Modernity›Changing customs | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Grist mill | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Religion›African American | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house | Domestic Space›Garage | Olfactory›Gasoline
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible | Objects›Second-hand
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Work›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Homelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Race›Native American
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Outlaw country | Place›Railroad | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Cattle rustling | Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | War›Civil War | War›Stolen valor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Otherworldly | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Handmade
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Alley | Public›Road | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Tea
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Tea | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Weak heart
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Economic›Stock trading
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Violent›Airplane crash
Themes and Motifs: Death
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Prostitution | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Community›Preserving order
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Stock trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Death›Longing for death | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Actions: Economic›Banking | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Filthy lucre
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Place›Power Plant | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Labor›Industrial
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Entertainment›Football
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Being well read / erudite | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Actions: Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Propriety
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Age›Middle age
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›May
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sadness | Physical›Burning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Verbal›Banter / small talk
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Dress | Food›Coffee | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Magazines
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Actions: Bodily›Losing weight | Work
Cultural Issues: Race›Colorism | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Mental›Distrust
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Mannie Hait cashes check
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment
Themes and Motifs: Body | Death›Corpse | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Ironic