Cultural Issues: Prejudice Racism

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"By the People", 131 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Hypocrisy
"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: Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian
"Elly", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›Using writing with deafness | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›University of Virginia | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Hound", 163 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›White fear
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Flags in the Dust, 126 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: 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: Prejudice›Racism | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: 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: Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Character›Pride
Flags in the Dust, 73 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Prejudice›Racism | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Character›Violent | Objects›Piano
Go Down, Moses, 107 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Slavery›Curse
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)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
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
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