Aesthetics: Tone
Child Terms
Sibling Terms
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
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: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Actions: Mental›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed | Tone›Incongruous
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: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
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: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Mock-heroic
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›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Tone›Overwrought
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
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Complaining
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, male
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Narrative›Reported narration | Tone›Sarcastic
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
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Tone›Absurdist | Tone›Farce
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
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›War story | Tone›Apocalyptic
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Incongruous
Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Agricultural›Ginning cotton | Bodily›Singing | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Movement›Car | Work›Milling
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Economy›Industrialization | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
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
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Two o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Naming›And caste | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›As explanatory
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical | Tone›Sarcastic
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Environment: Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Environment: Atmospheric›Fire
Actions: Bodily›Defecation | Emotional›Love | Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Tone›Mock-heroic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Dead-eye Dick | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
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
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Place›Graveyard | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Monument | Objects›Pencil | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting | Education›Truancy | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Self-pity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Memory›Remembering | Past›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide | Tone›Sarcastic
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
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: 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
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Movies
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
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Ironic
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Absurdist
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Elegiac
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: 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 | Tone›Humorous | 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