Themes and Motifs: Community Knowledge

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"Hair", 132 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Reticence
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity | Community›Knowledge | Objects›Dolls
"Hair", 135 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Community›Knowledge
"Hair", 147 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Knight's Gambit", 211 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Knowledge
"Mule in the Yard", 249 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 252 (Event)
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Mule in the Yard", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›April
Actions: Physical›Finding | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
"Mule in the Yard", 254 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
"Smoke", 20 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Preaching | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
"Uncle Willy", 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Go Down, Moses, 105 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Money›Check | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Genealogy
Intruder in the Dust, 18 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Learning | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 27 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Requiem for a Nun, 168 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Communication›Graffiti
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Past›Discovering it | Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
The Unvanquished, 136 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Religion›Providence | Religion›Relationship with God | War›Defeat | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community›Knowledge