Themes and Motifs: Exile Dispossession

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"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Indian Removal | History›Stealing Indian land | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal | Morals›Honor | Objects›Sword | Texts›Deed | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Diction›Native American languages | Figures of Speech›Native American | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Tone›Sarcastic
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Ethnic / racial stereotypes about drinking | Class›Homelessness | Ethnicity›Native American | History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Hearse | Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 327 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | History›Burr conspiracy
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Past›Repetition
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Narrative›Repetition
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Government›Governor | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Home | Naming›Place name | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile›Dispossession
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Hand upon the Waters", 71 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 16 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 9 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Requiem for a Nun, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Bear | Animals›Bison | Animals›Deer | Animals›Panther | Animals›Wolf | Exile›Dispossession
Requiem for a Nun, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Colonization | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Exile›Dispossession
Requiem for a Nun, 82 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare