Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural

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"A Point of Law", 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Movement›Crossing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Truck | Objects›Wagon
"Ad Astra", 417 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe
"Ad Astra", 418 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Ad Astra", 420 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Body›Symbolism
"Ad Astra", 421 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Ad Astra", 423 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"All the Dead Pilots", 513 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Region›The South | War›Death | War›Women
Aesthetics: Language›Slang, military
"All the Dead Pilots", 520 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Camaraderie | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | War›Death
"All the Dead Pilots", 528 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough | Diction›Racist term | Language›Slang, military
"An Error in Chemistry", 113 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
"An Error in Chemistry", 119 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
"An Error in Chemistry", 119 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Commandments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
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
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal | Morals›Honor | Objects›Sword | Texts›Deed | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Diction›Native American languages | Figures of Speech›Native American | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Tone›Sarcastic
"By the People", 134 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Negro troops | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Race›Subverting a stereotype | War›Military awards | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Interracial›Military
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Health and Illness›Fever | Identity, Cultural›Rural
"Race at Morning", 309 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Education›Need to be educated | Identity, Cultural›Mankind | Progress›Education
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
"Shall Not Perish", 114 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›Mankind
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Shall Not Perish", 114 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›National
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
"The Bear", 287 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 290 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"The Bear", 294 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
"The Tall Men", 46 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Government›As source of money | Identity, Cultural›Rural | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Unvanquished", 83 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Community›Cooperation | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"There Was a Queen", 736 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch
"There Was a Queen", 740 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Jewish | Government›Federal laws and regulations | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Moral›Prohibiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Elopement
"Tomorrow", 93 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Legal›Deliberating | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Marital›Bigamy
"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
Absalom, Absalom!, 164 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Colorism | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 231 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Narrative›Gaps
As I Lay Dying, 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
As I Lay Dying, 41 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Weather›Storm
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death | Philosophical›Ethics | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Tone›Sarcastic
As I Lay Dying, 58 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Pregnancy | Domestic›Cooking | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Labor | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death›Liminal
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Flags in the Dust, 119 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wilson, Woodrow
Flags in the Dust, 321 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Global›Travel | Identity, Cultural›Englishness
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Dishonor
Relationships: Marital›Desertion
Go Down, Moses, 156 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Inheritance | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Biblical curse | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Narrative›Perspective | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Cage
Go Down, Moses, 161 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Labor›Racialized | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 162 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Story-telling›Old days | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Tutor-student
Go Down, Moses, 171 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spiritual | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 182 (Event)
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
Go Down, Moses, 182 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam
Go Down, Moses, 195 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 199 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Go Down, Moses, 214 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Food›Breakfast | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Description›Character portrait
Go Down, Moses, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Ritual›Birthday
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)
Environment: Place›History
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 254 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Ledger
Go Down, Moses, 257 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
Go Down, Moses, 260 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›And race | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Race›Behaving "white"
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Go Down, Moses, 268 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 268 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Reinterpretation | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Abraham | Allusion, Biblical›Isaac | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 273 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical
Go Down, Moses, 274 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Go Down, Moses, 274 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Race›White fear
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Go Down, Moses, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Sharecropping | Government›Voting rights | History›Civil War consequences | History›Reconstruction | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›White fear | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Interracial violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood
Go Down, Moses, 280 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Character›Pride | Values›Courage
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 283 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 285 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 290 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Go Down, Moses, 291 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 292 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Bill
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 296 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Carpentry | Economic›Renting | Legal›Marriage | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Go Down, Moses, 334 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Renounce
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Past›Historical wrong
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Go Down, Moses, 335 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Marital›Death of spouse
Go Down, Moses, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Northern dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 346 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Segregation | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 351 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Accent
Intruder in the Dust, 191 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Racial spheres | Slavery›Metaphorical | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 209 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Division
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 121 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Purification
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Requiem for a Nun, 176 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›And progress
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bricks
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Queen Victoria | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
The Hamlet, 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Politics›Democracy | Race›Segregation
The Hamlet, 88 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›South vs North
The Reivers , 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Hunting and Fishing›Tourism | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 280 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Country vs city
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Owed
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
The Reivers , 281 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 145 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Body›Nose
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
The Town, 109 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Awareness of / Being in history | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | War›Noncombatant | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amsterdam | Allusion, Historical›Bach, Johann Sebastian | Allusion, Historical›Beethoven, Ludwig van | Allusion, Historical›Goethe, Johann | Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Schiller, Friedrich | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Reconstructed
The Town, 121 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bribe | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Values›Devotion
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Town, 127 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Politics›Election | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Art›Photograph | Character›Provincialism | Community›Secrecy | Time›Long passage of time
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, 220 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Receiving mail
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›College | Education›Virginia | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 368 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Waiting | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 134 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Community›Cooperation | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals