Cultural Issues: Materialism
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Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Place›Decayed house | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
Cultural Issues: Law›Warrant | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Socio-economic | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Stage manager | Figures of Speech›Woodpile
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Materialism›Souvenir | Sexuality | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Materialism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Materialism›Status
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Actions: Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medicine | Materialism›Status
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mount Vernon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Materialism›Status | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Gentrification
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Identity, Cultural›And gender | Materialism›Status
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Materialism›Status | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water
Actions: Verbal›Lying | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: History›American historical myths | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Crystal | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Watch | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time | Time›Timelessness
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Ferris wheel | Entertainment›World's Fair | Materialism›Americana | Materialism›Souvenir | Progress›Skyscraper
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Jewelry Charm | Objects›Opera glass | Objects›Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Hotel | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Purchase | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: History›Awareness of / Being in history | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time
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
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›New replacing old
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Pretension | Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism | Progress›New replacing old | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion