Themes and Motifs: Animals Mules
Parent Term
Sibling 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
- Grasshoppers
- Gulls
- Hog
- Horses
- Insect boll weevil
- Insect fly
- Insects bees
- Insects butterflies
- Insects crickets
- Insects lice
- Insects mayflies
- Insects tick
- Lightning bugs
- Lion
- Metaphorical elephant
- Mice
- Mockingbird
- Mosquitoes
- Named bear Ben
- Named dog Lion
- Owl
- Ownership
- Oxen
- Panther
- Pigeons
- Pigs
- Point-of-view
- Pony
- Possum
- 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: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Intergenerational | Social›Homosocial rivalry
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: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
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
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Women | Gender›Femininity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
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
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Interpretation
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 | Tone›Mock-heroic
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Economic›Borrowing
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Face
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 | Objects›Flashlight | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Torch-light | Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
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
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
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
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›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Vest | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›Slave hunting | Perceptual›Voyeurism
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
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | 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
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Violence›Accident
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Winter
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
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
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
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
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
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
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Mental›Discovery
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
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›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Supernatural›Insight
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
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
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Flood
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Indebtedness | Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Death›Denial | Meaning›Maternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Interspecies›Man-fish | Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anger | Physical›Burning | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Arson
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Art›Classical Greek | Character›Superhuman strength | Death›Coffin
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Style›Cubism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Sunlight
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Agricultural›Ginning cotton | Bodily›Singing | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Movement›Car | Work›Milling
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing | Animals›Mules
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Native American languages
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Crossing
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Lethe
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Cooking
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Agricultural›Plowing
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Silver dollar | Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Environment: Natural›Trees | Public›Road | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Year›May
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Turkey hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hill farms
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse
Environment: Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Genealogy | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Race›Friendly interaction
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Labor›Industrial | Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Ironic
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Non-human›Animal senses
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Witness | Region›Hospitality
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Displacement | War›Profiting from war
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Reconnaissance
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Moral›Secret
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Physical›Being pursued | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hickahala bottom
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Region›Rural South | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Religion | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Religion›Providence | Religion›Relationship with God | War›Defeat | War›Homefront
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›February | Time of Year›New Year | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost | Weather›Snow
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Animals›Mules | Time›Duration of time | Time›Measuring time
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | 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
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect