Aesthetics: Tone Humorous
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Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Moral›Rationalization | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Renaming
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Public›Cafe
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Wine | War›Aerial combat | War›Women
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Uniform
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gilbert and Sullivan | Language›French | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Interpretation | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim | Tone›Humorous
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: Atmospheric›Chaos
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Perceptual›Hearing
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Military›Capturing prisoners | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Working day
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Physical›Extinguishing fire
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Labor | Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injury | Labor
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Doctor-patient | Social›Adversarial
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death | Philosophical›Ethics | Philosophical›Luck
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Violent›Violence against animals
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Competition | Verbal›Cursing
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
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Narrative›Temporal projection | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition | Class›Middle | Nationality›American | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Progress›Cars | Progress›Ironies of | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Movement›Car | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ha ha ha | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›All caps | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers Roses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Gun
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous