Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal

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"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
"Ad Astra", 407 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves | Identity, Personal›Soldier
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Ad Astra", 419 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Identity, Personal
"All the Dead Pilots", 527 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Humiliation | Movement›Sneaking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Education›Flight school | Identity, Personal›Mistaken identity | War›Demotion | War›Military reassignment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
"Barn Burning", 20 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Barn Burning", 7 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 797 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Calm
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Funeral | Morals›Justice | Objects›Flowers
"Lion", 186 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Aztec tribes | Allusion, Historical›Polynesian tribes | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 59 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Hair | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 67 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Identity, Personal›Soldier
Relationships: Institutional›Military
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›November
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Inheritance | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"The Bear", 287 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Compass
"The Bear", 287 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Freedom of choice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 290 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Personal›Hunter
"The Bear", 290 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Personal›Hunter
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Office | Natural›Wilderness | Natural›Woods | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Master-servant
"The Tall Men", 55 (Event)
Actions: Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Government›Bureaucracy | Government›Interference | Identity, Personal›Financial independence
"The Tall Men", 56 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Identity, Personal›Financial independence
"The Tall Men", 57 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›College | Government›Depression-era programs | Identity, Personal›Financial independence | Modernity›Interwar years | War›Draft
"Vendee", 116 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Violent›Mutilation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Absalom, Absalom!, 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Plantation
Actions: Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Race›Division | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Familial | Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 159 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Memory
Absalom, Absalom!, 161 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 100 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 121 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 172 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
As I Lay Dying, 178 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Confession | Moral›Praying | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hypocritical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward | Death›Moment of | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
As I Lay Dying, 253 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Incest
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Language›yes Yes Yes yes
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Materialism›Souvenir | Sexuality | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
As I Lay Dying, 80 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›December
Actions: Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident | Objects›Car | Objects›Cigarette
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 341 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Identity, Personal›Soldier | War›Confederate Army | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Medal | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Class | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Identity, Personal›Soldier | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 102 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Financial independence
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
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, 194 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
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, 198 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Go Down, Moses, 199 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear
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, 223 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Identity, Personal›Hunter | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interspecies›Man-mule
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, 282 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Poetry | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 285 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 320 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Alcohol›Whiskey | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
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
Light in August, 141 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Christmas Eve | Time of Year›December
Actions: Mental›Knowing | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Watch chain | Identity, Personal›Background
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Requiem for a Nun, 12 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Progress›Frontier times
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 21 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Relationships: Civic›Postal carrier-community
Requiem for a Nun, 62 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 96 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Violent›Hitting | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Kicking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Identity, Personal›Hypocritical | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 166 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Objects›Bed | Objects›Chair | Objects›Towel | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Mansion, 183 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Movies | Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
The Mansion, 184 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Moral›Secret | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Relationships: Marital›Forced
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Burgoyne, General John
The Mansion, 197 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
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 Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 350 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong
Actions: Emotional›Hope
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Mockingbird | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 43 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Morals›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Unvanquished, 185 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Holding | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Reunion | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular