Cultural Issues: Economy
Child Terms
- Advertising
- Auction
- Banking
- Bargaining
- Bootlegging
- Buying a house
- Civic boosterism
- Commerce
- Consumption
- Cotton planting
- Domestic
- Dowry
- Economic speculation
- Evaluate exchange value
- Gambling
- Gift
- Industrialization
- Insurance
- Labor trouble
- Ledger
- Moonshine
- Oil business
- Poverty
- Predatory practices
- Property
- Renting housing
- Retirement
- Rural sales
- Sales contract
- Savings
- Self-sufficiency
- Share-cropping
- Sharing the land
- Wages
- Wealth
- White-Indian commerce
Sibling Terms
- Age
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Class
- Clothes
- Crime
- Cultural Identity
- Education
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Food
- Gender
- Global
- Government
- Group Mentality
- Health and Illness
- History
- Hunting and Fishing
- Identity, Cultural
- Identity, Personal
- Labor
- Land-Use
- Law
- Mass Media
- Materialism
- Migration
- Modernity
- Nationality
- Politics
- Prejudice
- Progress
- Race
- Region
- Religion
- Ritual
- Segregation
- Sexuality
- Slavery
- Supernatural
- Technology
- Violence
- War
Tagged Events
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Poverty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Great Depression
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime | Economy›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
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
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Law›Bail
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Interracial›Conflict
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Economy›Property
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Commandments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Indian Removal | History›Stealing Indian land | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Banking | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Sharecropping | Economy›Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Economy›Industrialization | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Progress›Country to city
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble | History›New Deal | Politics›Demagoguery
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Economy›Retirement | Government›US Post Office | Progress›Technological
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Embarrasment
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Health and Illness›Fever | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Economy›Sharing the land
Themes and Motifs: Values›Selflessness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble
Cultural Issues: Economy›Insurance | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Porch
Themes and Motifs: Time›Timelessness
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Objects›Sewing machine
Actions: Economic›Competition
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Sales contract
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Economic›Scamming | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Poverty | Labor›Domestic | Labor›Farming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Religion›Folk superstition
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Cultural Issues: Economy›Buying a house
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Place›Quarters
Cultural Issues: Economy›Renting housing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Agriculture›Household gardening | Economy›Poverty
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Predatory practices
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Moral authority
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Economy›Gambling | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Naming›Nickname
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Economic›Renting | Verbal›Storytelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Economy›Property | Education›Graduation | Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Wealth | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Technological | Technology›Elevator
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Ribbons | Economy›Commerce | Food›Bread | Food›Candy | Food›Meat | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Wealth | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Learning | Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Class›Planter vs farmer | Economy›Wealth | Education
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-reliance | Texts
Actions: Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Texts
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Economy›Wealth | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Relationships: Economical | Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Gold
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Stage manager | Figures of Speech›Woodpile
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death | Objects›Basket
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Vampire | Symbolism›Blood
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Moral›Corrupting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Cultural Identity›Puritan | Economy›Wealth | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
Actions: Domestic›Care | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Property
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Materialism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Economizing
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Legal›Remarriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Global›Travel
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Industrialization
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Labor›Domestic | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance refusal
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Genealogy
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Law›Inheritance
Cultural Issues: Economy›Renting housing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Agriculture›Household gardening | Economy›Poverty
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Manhood | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As currency | Economy›Property | Ethnicity›Native American
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Persistence over time
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Consumption
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Legal›Record keeping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Share-cropping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Economy›Gambling | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glasses | Economy›Poverty | Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Southern curse
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Canaan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Wealth | Land-Use›Ownership | Land-Use›Prehuman landscape | Religion›Divine judgment | Slavery›Southern curse
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Response to | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Carpentry | Economic›Saving money
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Competition | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Share-cropping | Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Economy›Moonshine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Economy›Moonshine
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Economic›Competition
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Bootlegging | Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Economy›Retirement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Widow | Government›Inheritance | Slavery›Naming slaves
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Race | Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Moonshining | Economy›Moonshine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Slave trading
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Modern fashions | Economy›Advertising | Economy›Industrialization | Entertainment›Radio | History›Great Migration | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Cultural Issues: Economy›Civic boosterism | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Promotional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Cultural Issues: Economy›Cotton planting | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Local origins
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Technology›Streetcars
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Christmas card
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
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: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Sunset
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Country vs city
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›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
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: 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
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Cultural Identity›American | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph company | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Comforting | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Perfume | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Government›Welfare | Prejudice›Racism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Economic›Stock trading
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Mass Media›Advertising
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Retirement
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Mental›Distrust
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Social force | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Education›Need to be educated | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Humility | Character›Ruthless | Money›Social force | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility | Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›And class | Clothes›Overalls | Economy›Banking | Economy›Share-cropping
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Commerce
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Trading | Mental›Believing | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Economy›Civic boosterism
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Economy›Insurance | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lao Tse (Laozi) | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Entertainment›Poker game | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Resistance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Property | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Community