Cultural Issues: Prejudice Racism

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"By the People", 131 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Politics›Exploitative | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Hypocrisy | Character›Power
"Dry September", 169 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Prejudice›Racism | Violence›Rape
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
"Dry September", 171 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Prejudice›Racism | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Objects›Razor
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
"Dry September", 175 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Light | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Prejudice›Racism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
"Dry September", 176 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy | Recurring Episodes›Will Mayes lynched
"Elly", 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian
"Elly", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›University of Virginia | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Pantaloon in Black", 252 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"The Hound", 163 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Flags in the Dust, 126 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 62 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Evidence | Politics›And race | Prejudice›Racism | Religion›Salvation | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Vardaman, James K. | Recurring Episodes›Narcissa's anonymous letters
Flags in the Dust, 69 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Character›Pride
Relationships: Familial›Twins
Flags in the Dust, 73 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Prejudice›Racism | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Character›Violent | Objects›Piano
Go Down, Moses, 107 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Slavery›Curse
Go Down, Moses, 147 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 184 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 344 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 382 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term
Requiem for a Nun, 33 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Hamlet, 285 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering
Cultural Issues: Crime›Racialized | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Law›Chain gang | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Subverting a stereotype
The Mansion, 246 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational
The Mansion, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Communication›Graffiti | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Negro-lover
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Graffiti
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 251 (Event)
Environment: Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Negro-lover
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 304 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Clothes›Urban | Crime›Prostitution | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Integration | Segregation›Educational | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›State government | History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Progressive | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hypocrisy
The Mansion, 333 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety
The Mansion, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Government›Congress | History›Civil Rights legislation | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Integration | Race›Negro-lover | Region›The South | War›Military awards
The Mansion, 9 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle
The Reivers , 234 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Communication›Letter | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Surrey | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Nashville, Tennessee | Diction›Racist term | 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 Sound and the Fury, 180 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting | Education›Truancy | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Labor›Racialized | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money›Check | Objects›Farming tools | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 218 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 82 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Marching | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, stovepipe | Clothes›Uniform | History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Birthday | Ritual›Commemoration | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Crowd | Community›Decoration Day | Community›Parade | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flag | Past›Family history
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italian flag | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Garibaldi, Giuseppe | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Government›Welfare | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term