Themes and Motifs: Community Preserving order

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Absalom, Absalom!, 16 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Confused din | Auditory›Gallop | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Public›Church | Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Communication›Without words | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Speech | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Church service | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Preserving order | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Performance | Values›Moral authority | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Institutional›Minister and parishioner | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Diction›Accent | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road | Time of Year›April
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Anti-climax | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 36 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Following | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Narrative›Withholding
Light in August, 456 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Military›Patrol | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Grand jury | Nationality›American | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Requiem for a Nun, 11 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
The Town, 130 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Prostitution | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Community›Preserving order
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 389 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Preserving order | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 53 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Exaggeration | Verbal›Praising
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Relationships: Social›Social organizations