Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Abandonment

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"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Orphan
"Race at Morning", 307 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Surrogate | Sexual›Adultery
"Race at Morning", 307 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Race at Morning", 308 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
"Race at Morning", 308 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Marital›Desertion
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Death
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
As I Lay Dying, 198 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility
As I Lay Dying, 26 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Passivity | Mental›Fatalism | Moral›Exploitation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
The Reivers , 20 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Orphan
The Reivers , 238 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
The Reivers , 242 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Owls | Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness | Hunting›Fishing | Mental›Contemplation
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Cemetery | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 51 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 86 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment