Keywords
Term ID |
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Parent | Term | Description |
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517 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Advent | |
521 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Past | |
522 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Intestines | |
528 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Hog | |
530 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Fence | |
533 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Justice | |
536 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Ethics | |
538 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Ambitious | |
539 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Tradition | |
571 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Communal mythology | |
573 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Secrecy |
This term is for occasions when people leave a place in order to hide something from their neighbors, as when Flem and Eula go to Texas so that the birth of her illegitimate child can be kept secret from the population of Frenchman's Bend. SR |
576 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Return | |
580 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Nickname | |
583 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Hair | |
584 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Eyes | |
587 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pistol | |
588 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Razor | |
591 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Truth/Lies | |
593 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Cattle | |
594 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Wildness | |
595 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Horses | |
601 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Control | |
606 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Wild horses | |
609 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Door | |
617 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as disguise |
This was created to note Flem Snopes' calculated absence during the horse auction, the way he has orchestrated it from behind the scene. I'm not sure this occurs with anyone but Flem, but it occurs multiple times in his case. SR |
618 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Dogs | |
626 | Themes and Motifs | Community | African-American | |
629 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Face | |
631 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Appearance-plain | |
633 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Watch | |
640 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Remembering passim | |
642 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Junk | |
645 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Furniture | |
646 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Clock | |
647 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Innocence | |
653 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Thinness | |
661 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Mules | |
669 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Wedding license | |
670 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Car | |
676 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Social life | |
680 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Blood | |
683 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Independence | |
684 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Courage | |
694 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Whippoorwills | |
707 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Renewal | |
710 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Still | |
712 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Power of literature | |
717 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Rabbit | |
727 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Fool|Foolishness | |
729 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Sculpture | |
730 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Deer | |
734 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bear | |
736 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Turkey | |
739 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Bargainer | |
745 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Census | |
756 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Over time | |
761 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Power of | |
764 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Deracination | |
768 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Tobacco | |
779 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Trying to say | |
785 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Going to Texas | |
787 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Run away | |
788 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Letter | |
795 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Transcended | |
798 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Toys | |
805 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Men | |
809 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hearth | |
816 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Predatory | |
821 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | War | |
843 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Silver | |
844 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Future | |
845 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Sexual power | |
846 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Indian name | |
852 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Mysterious | |
856 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Remembering | |
860 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Named dog Lion | |
864 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Honor | |
867 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Gossip | |
871 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Material | |
873 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Upward mobility | |
875 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Fire on the hearth | |
877 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Mystery | |
889 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Quilt | |
903 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Desertion-family | |
906 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Case file | |
910 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Abandonment | |
912 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Valor | |
914 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Fox | |
918 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Steamboat | |
925 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Raccoon | |
931 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Funeral | |
939 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Ownership | |
941 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Brass | |
945 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Response to | |
955 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Heirloom | |
985 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Indian burial practices | |
988 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Execution | |
989 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Jailbreak | |
995 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Relocation | |
999 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Panther |