Cultural Issues: Age Old age

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"A Courtship", 362 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Social criticism
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ethnicity›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Soul / Spirit
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sympathy
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Figures of Speech›Simile
"An Error in Chemistry", 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Tartan | History›American Revolution | War›American Revolution | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Historical›Tarleton, Banastre
"Appendix: Compson", 330 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Class›Social decline | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Death | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi
"Appendix: Compson", 336 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Smelling black
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Loss of eyesight | Race›Segregated space | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Meaning›Interpretation
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Domestic›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Market gardening | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Shabby | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Execution | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 143 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Perceptual›Dowsing | Physical›Digging | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Folk customs
"Shall Not Perish", 111 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Hearth | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Jumping | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Morgan, John Hunt | Allusion, Historical›Van Dorn, Earl | Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Shall Not Perish", 112 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Parents-children
"Shall Not Perish", 112 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Hallucinating | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Entertainment›Movies | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past
"Shall Not Perish", 113 (Event)
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Embarrassment | Physical›Trembling | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Alcohol›Beer | War›Civil War | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ah-h-h | Language›Hah
"Shingles for the Lord", 27 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
"The Old People", 207 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Waiting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses
"The Unvanquished", 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Black family working for white | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
"There Was a Queen", 737 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
"There Was a Queen", 738 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
"There Was a Queen", 741 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Ancestral | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Women
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 221 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Hat
As I Lay Dying, 88 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Flags in the Dust, 225 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Year›June
Actions: Bodily›Sweating
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Parcel
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 381 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Physical›Gardening | Verbal›Garrulousness
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | War›As metaphor | War›Cost of war
Flags in the Dust, 383 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers
Flags in the Dust, 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Go Down, Moses, 100 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Planning
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Widow
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 117 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 117 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Go Down, Moses, 125 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Relationships: Intergenerational›Tutor-student | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Go Down, Moses, 234 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Peace
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death
Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Go Down, Moses, 289 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 327 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Expecting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 343 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Banishment
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 356 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 96 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Go Down, Moses, 97 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Dementia
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name | Past›Past in present
Intruder in the Dust, 110 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Women
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 113 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Economic›Buying timber | Legal›Standing guard | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Driving | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 118 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Cold War | War›Spanish American War | War›World War I | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 407 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Corn | Class›Caste system | Economy›Wealth | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Law›Grand jury | Law›Legal document | Law›Sheriff | Progress›Electrification
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
The Mansion, 459 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Hay-making | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Crickets | Animals›Grasshoppers | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 170 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Rheumatism
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 11 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth | Government›Generational reform | History›Indian Removal | Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
The Town, 241 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›And class | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Shabby
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Luggage
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 151 (Event)
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
The Unvanquished, 16 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Loyalty
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee