Aesthetics: Diction Rural vernacular
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
- Accent
- African American vernacular dialect
- Derogatory socio-economic term
- Double entendre
- Ethnic slur
- Hill dialect
- Imitation
- Malapropism
- Misogynistic wording
- Native American languages
- Neologism
- Northern dialect
- Racist term
- Southern dialect
- Stereotypical Jewish accent
- Western vernacular
Tagged Events
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
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Realization | Play›Poker | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Aaahhhhhhh | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Dowsing | Perceptual›Spying
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
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
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Work›Construction
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography | Religion›Rituals and rites
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
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Health and Illness›Doctoring | War›Draft
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Feeding | Domestic›Nursing | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Economizing
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning | Moral›Blackmail | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Work | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism | Metafictional›Picture/image
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Evening
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Headache | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Frogs | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Violence against animals
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | War›Civil War | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | Politics›And race
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Ghost
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | War›Civil War
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravery | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Violent›Interracial | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Log house | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Mask
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›English / British | War›Death | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Identity, Personal›Soldier | War›Confederate Army | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Medal | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Hunting›Breeding
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dog-fox | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Child's perspective
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Tall tale
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Education›Informal | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Without words
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Crime›Theft|Robbery
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Lane | Place›Motordrome
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Speed | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house | Domestic Space›Garage | Olfactory›Gasoline
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Education›Illiteracy
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Flatulence | Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Food | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Paducah
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Being well read / erudite | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Reunion | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Train sound
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Progress›Regional | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular