Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Abandonment
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Absence
- Absence as disguise
- Absence as loss
- Absence as presence
- Absence of sound
- Aloneness
- Attempt to find substitute
- Blame
- Burning a town
- Capture as loss
- Deracination
- Disappearance
- Kinlessness
- Livestock
- Losing vs never having
- Loss of animal companion
- Loss of innocence
- Loss of object
- Material
- Men
- Military defeat
- Missing
- Money|Wealth
- Of loved one
- Over time
- Quest to recover
- Racial
- Red necks
- Renewal
- Separation
- Substitute
- Vanishing Indian
- War
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | History›American Revolution | Nationality›English / British | War›American Revolution | War›Military service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Death›Left for dead | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Orphan
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Mother-infant
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
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
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
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 | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
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
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Filthy lucre
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Orphan
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Orphan
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Hunting›Fishing | Mental›Contemplation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
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
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
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment