Actions: Perceptual Looking
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambiguity
- Blurring
- Dowsing
- Eavesdropping
- Experiencing second-hand / vicariously
- Familiarity
- Hearing
- Interpreting tracks
- Investigating
- Listening
- Looking away
- Looking back
- Misreading
- Moment of vision
- Nosiness
- Observing
- Overhearing
- Passing from sight
- Professional surveillance
- Reading / Researching
- Seeing
- Sensing
- Sensing the past
- Smelling
- Spying
- Strip searching
- Surveillance
- Sweetness
- Tasting
- Tickling
- Unknowable
- Voyeurism
- Watching
Tagged Events
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›December
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Maturing | Government›Generational reform | Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Grinning | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set | Time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Inscription
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Environment: Public›Art museum
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Looking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Snake | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Compass | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Trembling | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Woman smoking | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Work›Gardening
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Looking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Library | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Time›Lost time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Metafictional›Signs
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Smoking | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Flirting | Verbal›Reading aloud
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Respect | Story-telling›Hunting
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Suicide
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Exasperation | Legal›Counsel | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Lying
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Discussion
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Looking
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Supper table | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Year›October | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›August | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Emotional›Self-consciousness | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Self-justifying
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Driving to Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Running | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pain
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | Entertainment›Movies
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Natural›Sky | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
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: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Throwing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Drinking glass | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
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
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Time›Awareness of time
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment