Environment: Public
Child Terms
- Academic quad / quadrangle
- Airfield
- Alley
- Architecture
- Art museum
- Bank
- Barber shop
- Blacksmith
- Bridge
- Bus Depot/Bus stop
- Cafe
- Chapel
- Church
- Church steeple
- Clock tower
- Court
- Courthouse
- Courtroom
- Drawbridge
- Drugstore
- Filling Station
- Golf course
- Highway
- Jail
- Lavatory
- Park
- Pasture
- Pioneer settlement
- Poolhall
- Post office
- Railroad tracks
- Restaurant
- Road
- School
- Sidewalk
- Store
- Store porch
- Store window
- Street
- Supply house
- Telegraph office
- Town hall
- Town Square
- Train Station/Train depot
- Zoo
Tagged Events
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death | Values›Bad conduct
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Objects›Still
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Law›Wedding license | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Public›Cafe
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Wine | War›Aerial combat | War›Women
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Public›Cafe
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
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
Environment: Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Atmospheric›Dereliction | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Place›Houses | Public›Golf course
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernization | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Homogeneity
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Plantation to housing development
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness | Age›Spinsterhood | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Class›Social decline | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Communication›Censorship | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: Gender›Changing relationships | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | War›Displacement | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Distance from home | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Body›Intestines | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Environment: Public
Actions: Perceptual
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Communal narrative
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Law›Aviation
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Public›Airfield | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Suit | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish | War›World War I
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Milk | Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | War›Royal Air Force | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Showing up
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Sexual›Extramarital
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Tone›Overwrought
Actions: Emotional›Fascination | Perceptual›Watching
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Moving wagon | Place›Dirt lane | Place›Graveyard | Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Procession
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Cultural Issues: Education›History | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | History›European | History›Pre-World War II issues | War›World War I
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Awareness of time
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Elephants | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Tigers
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Reputation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Violent›Killing of animals
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Public›Road
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Mule
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Receiving money
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie Hait cashes check
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Sidewalk
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Road
Environment: Public›Supply house
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Environment: Public›Art museum
Relationships: Civic
Environment: Public›Art museum
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Road
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
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
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Memphis | Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Baseball | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Blind | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Baseball | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Church service
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Public›School | Time of Year›April Fool's
Actions: Communication›Joking
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Public›Drugstore | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Legal›Warrant | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Dismissing from work
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness›Patent medicine | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Crime›Breaking and entering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Woman smoking | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Class›Caste system | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Status, low
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Bail | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Appearance
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | 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
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
Themes and Motifs: Character›Violent | Death›And inheritance | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative anomaly | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Domestic›Care | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Property
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Tone›Absurdist | Tone›Farce
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Buzzards | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Toys
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Race›Inverting a stereotype
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Incest
Environment: Public›Town Square
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
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Mental›Channeling | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Red necks | Body›Hair | Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Collective memory
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Remembering
Environment: Public›Architecture
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Changing one's mind
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Etiquette
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Certificate | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Monday
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Store clothes | Segregation›Daily life
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Past›Past vs present
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Imagining
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Natural›Trees | Public›Road | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Year›May
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Cultural Issues: History›Atomic Age | Slavery›Freedom | Technology›Atomic bomb
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeplessness | Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Car | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Morality | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Walking
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Bodily›Running | Movement›Car | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Objects›Still
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Suicide
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Cultural Identity›American | Entertainment›Radio
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Thanking
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›January | Weather›Cold
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Entertainment›Baseball
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Distraction | Movement›Walking
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Dusk
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Public›Poolhall
Environment: Public›Town Square
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Speculation | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Street | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Warning
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Year›May
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Tennis shoes
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Racialized | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›August
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Seven o'clock p.m. | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Watching | Movement›Walking | Physical›Whistling | Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Auditory›Voices | Olfactory›Smelling black | Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Environment: Natural›Woods | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›August
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Train | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Silence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Public›Street | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Mid-week
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Lunch
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Spring
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Believing | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Talking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Restaurant | Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Physical›Climbing | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Menstruation | Bodily›Vomiting | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Women | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Holding | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Public›Road
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Archangel Michael | Allusion, Biblical›Jezebel | Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›Saturday
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Actions: Emotional›Terror | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Noon
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Place›Church | Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Race›White supremacists | Religion›Fanaticism
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
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Supper table | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Looking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Hitting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying | Movement›Train | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Domestic Space›House | Public›Church
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Race›White supremacists | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Train | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Public›Town Square
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Road
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Style›Present tense | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Monday morning
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Place›Gas station | Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Exasperation | Physical›Camping | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Entertainment›Popular culture
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Movement›Running | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Seeing
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Marital›Desertion | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›August | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Collaborative
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Confession
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Public›Jail | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Black incarceration | Ritual›Funeral
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Trial
Actions: Communication›Graffiti
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Past›Discovering it | Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Public›Jail
Actions: Communication›Writing
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Jail
Cultural Issues: Law›And progress | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Iron box
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | War›Going to war
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris raises regiment
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Legal›Trial | Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Race›Segregation
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Sparrow | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Progress›Cars | Race›Integration | Race›White supremacists | Technology›Electricity | Technology›Neon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Public›Courthouse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigeons | Animals›Sparrow | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court | Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink | Progress›Frontier times | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Identity, Personal›Hypocritical | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Jewelry Charm | Texts›Newspapers
Relationships: Familial›Providing for
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Public›Jail | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
Actions: Bodily›Shivering | Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Moral›Secret | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Religion›Church service | Violence›Male-female
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Education›College life
Environment: Public›Post office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Environment: Public›Lavatory | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Place›City | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m.
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation | Time›Frozen / Static
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.