Keywords
Term ID |
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Parent | Term | Description |
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1774 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Motivation | |
1779 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Divine plan | |
1783 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Alias | |
1788 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Corpse | |
1789 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Expenses | |
1790 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Coffin | |
1797 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pipe | |
1803 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Monument | |
1806 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Reminiscence | |
1807 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Manipulation | |
1809 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Squirrel | |
1810 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Gun | |
1812 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Living in the present |
Added to describe Boon Hogganbeck at end of "Lion" (and related texts like "The Bear" in GDM) - someone "living in the moment," with no regard at all to the past. |
1814 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Recent past |
For events acknowledging recent occurrences that may or may not affect the present. (Added for end of "Lion," with Boon oblivious to events in the recent past while the narrator is thinking about them.) |
1820 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Mosquitoes | |
1823 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Basket | |
1824 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Wreath | |
1825 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Ballot Box | |
1827 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pokeberry juice | |
1830 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Named bear Ben | |
1832 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Importance of naming |
When a character or narrator draws attention to a name - e.g., the narrator of "Lion" saying as "head bear," Old Ben "deserved a better name." JBP |
1840 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Tigers | |
1841 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Elephants | |
1863 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homecoming | |
1864 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Will to endure | |
1881 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Uncertain | |
1883 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Ghost | |
1887 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Wisteria | |
1894 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Creation | |
1897 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Poetry | |
1906 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Photograph | |
1920 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Secrecy | |
1921 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Trauma | |
1923 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Paradox | |
1924 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Honor | |
1925 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Sword | |
1926 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Teetotaler | |
1927 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Fatality | |
1932 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Frozen / Static | |
1933 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Sun / Sunlight | |
1934 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Music | |
1938 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Similarity | |
1946 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Phaeton | |
1947 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Place | |
1948 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Threshold | |
1950 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Triumph | |
1957 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homesickness_Longing for home | |
1968 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Livestock | |
1982 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Belatedness | |
1985 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Open secret |
Any moment when everyone or many people in a place know something to be true, but they pretend not to know it. For example, everyone knows Linda is not Flem's child, but pretends to not know, just as everyone pretends John Powell brings his gun to work but people pretend he does not. JB |
1986 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Fireflies | |
1992 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Saddlebag | |
1994 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Determination | |
1995 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Running out | |
1997 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Gold | |
1998 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Deed | |
1999 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Loot | |
2003 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Teeth | |
2013 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Continuity |
Any time the past is consonant with the present, or a tradition is passed on. For example, the Hampton's being Sheriffs is a historical continuity. JB |
2019 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Nakedness | |
2020 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Forbearance | |
2021 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Windows | |
2022 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Artist | |
2023 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Dream | |
2024 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Ruthless | |
2025 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Vanity | |
2028 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Footprint | |
2030 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Solitude | |
2034 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chandlier | |
2036 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Oxen | |
2043 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Wolf | |
2051 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Future | |
2068 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Compass | |
2070 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Boat | |
2073 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Animal Dog | |
2075 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Portmanteau | |
2076 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Tarpaulin | |
2080 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Power | |
2082 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Animal bear | |
2083 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Posse | |
2084 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Flowers | |
2088 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Swagger | |
2089 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Loss of animal companion | |
2090 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Cosmetics | |
2092 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Conscience | |
2093 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pine knots | |
2094 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Leaving home | |
2100 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Nose | |
2104 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Unruliness | |
2108 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Resolve | |
2110 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Thimble | |
2112 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Forgetting | |
2113 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Playfulness | |
2117 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Guitar | |
2121 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Owed |
This keyword is for when a character claims or otherwise believes he or she is owed money (to repay a debt, as payment for labor, etc.). -JBP |
2145 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Scar | |
2150 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Stove | |
2151 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Dolls | |
2152 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Refund | |
2158 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Long passage of time |
Perhaps self-evident, but for when a text makes a huge jump in time very quickly -- Zilphia Gant sitting beside the window "for twelve years," for instance. JBP |