Actions: Movement Running away
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambulance
- Aviation
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Canoe
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flat tire
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- Hitch-hiking
- Horse
- Hot-air balloon
- Hurrying
- Interurban streetcar / trolley
- Limousine
- Limping
- Marching
- Matching / Paralleling
- Migration
- Mule
- Ox
- Procession
- Racing
- Random
- Return
- Riding
- Running
- Ship
- Sneaking
- Spitting
- Steamboat
- Stopping
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Taxi
- Traffic
- Train
- Truck
- Wagon
- Walking
- Wrong direction
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›Lost
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
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
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Institutional›Military | Intergenerational›Female | Marital›Forced
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Traumatized
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Military›Service | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Shooting | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
Actions: Movement›Running away | Movement›Ship
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Running away | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Tirade | Violent›Beating | Violent›Domestic violence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Denim | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Shirt | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Objects›Pistol
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Metaphorical
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Hitch-hiking | Movement›Running away | Movement›Truck | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving | Allusion, Mythical›Olympus
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Character›Reputation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Environment: Atmospheric›Fire | Atmospheric›Smoke
Actions: Bodily›Defecation | Emotional›Love | Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Tone›Mock-heroic
Environment: Time of Year›Between planting and harvesting | Time of Year›Spring | Weather›Rain
Actions: Agricultural›Child labor | Movement›Running away | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Showing up | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Agricultural›Chopping | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Scolding | Movement›Running away | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Taking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Eating breakfast | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Climbing tree | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Fire | Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Pear tree | Objects›Stove | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Traveling show | Law›Badge | Law›Evidence | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Running | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Nightgown | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Windows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night