Actions: Economic Buying

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"A Bear Hunt", 79 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Patience | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Steamboat race | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Humorous
"Uncle Willy", 234 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying
Flags in the Dust, 272 (Event)
Environment: Place›Negro district
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Buying
Light in August, 111 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road
Actions: Economic›Buying | Economic›Selling | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Food›Crackers | Food›Meat
Light in August, 308 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Economic›Buying | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›News
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 359 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying | Movement›Train | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Light in August, 494 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Economic›Buying | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 498 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Anxiety | Movement›Truck | Physical›Camping
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Sanctuary, 139 (Event)
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Skirt | Food›Candy | Food›Sandwich | Violence›Male-female
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Hamlet, 331 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Economic›Buying
The Hamlet, 91 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying | Perceptual›Misreading
The Mansion, 285 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Buying | Economic›Scamming | Mental›Compulsion
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Economy›Prices | Food›Coca-Cola | Politics›Democrat | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 355 (Event)
Environment: Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Buying
The Mansion, 464 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying