Themes and Motifs: Animals
Child Terms
- Alligators
- Ants
- Bats
- Bear
- Beavers
- Birds
- Bison
- Bluejays
- Bugs
- Bumble-bee
- Buzzards
- Cats
- Cattle
- Chickens/roosters
- Cicadas
- Cows
- Crickets
- Deer
- Dog-fox
- Dogs
- Ducks
- Elephants
- Fireflies
- Fish
- Fish trout
- Fleas
- Fox
- Frogs
- Gamecock
- Geese
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Gulls
- Hog
- Horses
- Insect boll weevil
- Insect fly
- Insects bees
- Insects butterflies
- Insects crickets
- Insects lice
- Insects mayflies
- Lightning bugs
- Lion
- Metaphorical elephant
- Mice
- Mockingbird
- Mosquitoes
- Mules
- Named bear Ben
- Named dog Lion
- Ownership
- Oxen
- Panther
- Pigeons
- Pigs
- Point-of-view
- Pony
- Quail
- Rabbit
- Raccoon
- Race horse
- Rat
- Sentience
- Sheep
- Snake
- Sparrow
- Squirrel
- Swallows
- Tending to animal
- Termites
- Tigers
- Turkey
- Turtles
- Whippoorwills
- Wild horses
- Wildcats
- Wolf
- Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Crime›Murder | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Naming›Renaming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Field | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Time of Year›Quail season
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Reproduction | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | War›Aerial combat | War›Military awards | War›Women
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France | Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Mental›Uncertainty | Violent›Animal abuse
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: History›Stealing Indian land | Progress›Clearing the land
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Actions: Economic›Impounding
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Women | Gender›Femininity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Actions: Perceptual›Ambiguity
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›Korean War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Geese | Character›Unknowable
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp | Movement›Boat
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Symbolism›Blood
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Physical›Sitting
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Weather›Heat
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Embarrasment
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Economic›Borrowing
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Inscrutable
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Interspecies›Animals preying on humans
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reality
Actions: Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Seeing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Local legends
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Driving | Movement›Getting closer
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Bookishness | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Work›Horse training
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | War›Going to war | War›Patriotism
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Library | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Stars | Place›Railroad log line | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Elephants | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Tigers
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Intimidation | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Suitcase | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Objects›Gun
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Will to endure
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Unknowable
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gun
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Auditory›Silence | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Injury
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Animal bear
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Hunting›Injury | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Sun
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Clothes›Hunting clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Objects›Sewing machine
Environment: Domestic Space›Confined living quarters | Place›Grocery | Place›Vacant lot
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Auditory›Heartbeat | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Metaphorical elephant | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Door
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Fog of War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Superhuman strength | Memory
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Non-human›Animal senses
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Door
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Dogs | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Boat | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Illiteracy
Environment: Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Boat
Actions: Emotional›Excitement
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Point-of-view
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nursing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Sentience | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Point-of-view
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Perceptual›Seeing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Environment: Olfactory›Smelling water
Environment: Auditory›Hunting horn
Actions: Non-human›Animal senses
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Point-of-view
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Tending to animal
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Cultural Issues: Slavery›African origins | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Domestic Space›Architecture
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Fox
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Shoes | Global›Exoticism | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves | Slavery›Fugitive
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Verbal›Storytelling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mute
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Vest | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Hunting›Rabbit hunting
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›Slave hunting | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Cultural Issues: Food›Community | Region›Reconstruction
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, male
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Violence›Accident
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Perceptual›Hearing
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Ritual›Birthday
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bird hunting | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Named bear Ben | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Planting time
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Shotgun | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Frogs
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Emotional›Exhaustion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Insomnia
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Non-human›Dog barking
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Violence against animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Spectral
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Violence against animals
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Violent›Violence against animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Hunting
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Government›Abdication | Government›Inherited position | Government›Usurpation | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Hunting›Racoon hunting
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Hunting›Turkey hunting | Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Turkey | Past›Old days | Story-telling
Relationships: Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Time›Transcended
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Chivalry
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
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
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ringo whips Ab
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War consequences | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Sexuality›Predatory | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Sexual›Inappropriate
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | War›Deprivation | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Buggy
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Status, low
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
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
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Race | Religion›Apotheosis | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Communication›Messenger
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Hearing | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Uncertain
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Painting
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Time of Year›Confederate Decoration Day
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dress | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Community›Decoration Day | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Medal | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Fighting | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
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
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Mental›Discovery
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Perceptual›Investigating
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ants | Meaning›Meaninglessness
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Memory›Forgetting
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Following
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Supernatural›Insight
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Yelling