Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order Accident

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"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Capture
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
"Elly", 222 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Not caring about race | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
"Elly", 223 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Passivity | Emotional›Self-pity
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
"Monk", 53 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Clue
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
"Race at Morning", 302 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Tone›Farce
Absalom, Absalom!, 151 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Premature aging | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Glove
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 147 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 150 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Natural›River
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Fish
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 153 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Running | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Wagon
As I Lay Dying, 36 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 49 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Verbal›Calling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 52 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Physical›Repair | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Death | Supernatural›Insight
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 90 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Mental›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Farming life | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Community›Opinion | Values›Providence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 90 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 90 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Chaos/Order›Accident
Intruder in the Dust, 5 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Natural›Creek
Actions: Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Clothes›Pants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Ax | Objects›Gun
Requiem for a Nun, 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Requiem for a Nun, 190 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Requiem for a Nun, 3 (Event)
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
Requiem for a Nun, 4 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace
Requiem for a Nun, 5 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Physical›Capture
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Requiem for a Nun, 56 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Guilt
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Crime›Prostitution | Education›Virginia
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
The Mansion, 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident