Aesthetics: Description Delayed decoding

Description

Used in instances when the initial description of an object is ambiguous or defamiliarized, and the narrative only later clarifies exactly what was being described. For example, in _Flags in the Dust_, a clarinet is initially described as "a slender tube frosted over with keys" (143). BR

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"Appendix: Compson", 340 (Event)
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Forgetting | Objects›Golf ball
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
"Elly", 223 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Passivity | Emotional›Self-pity
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
Flags in the Dust, 142 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Bodily›Singing | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cerberus | Description›Delayed decoding | Figures of Speech›Simile