Themes and Motifs: Objects Gasoline
Description
Any time gasoline and fuel is mentioned as an object, not with regard to smell. It occurs a number of times in The Reivers as a fetishistic object of modernity. JB
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Air gun
- Airplane
- Anchovies
- Antlers
- Apple tree
- Ax
- Baby bottle
- Ballot Box
- Basket
- Bed
- Bible
- Boat
- Bomb-sight
- Books
- Booksatchel
- Bottle
- Bow and arrow
- Bowl
- Brass
- Bricks
- Briefcase
- Broken glass
- Broom
- Camera
- Candelabra
- Candle
- Cannon
- Canteen
- Car
- Cards
- Catechism
- Chair
- Chamber pot
- Chandlier
- Chastity belt
- Cigar
- Cigarette
- Cigarette lighter
- Clock
- Coal oil
- Coffee
- Coffee pot
- Coffin
- Coin
- Collar box
- Compass
- Condom
- Construction tools
- Corncob
- Corpse
- Crib / Cradle
- Crystal
- Cup
- Curtains
- Cushion
- Damask
- Demijohn
- Dice
- Dishes
- Dogfennel
- Dolls
- Dresser
- Drinking glass
- Drum
- Dulcimer
- Elm tree
- Engagement ring
- European in U.S.
- Eyeglasses
- Fan
- Farming tools
- Fence
- Fiddle
- Fire
- Firewood
- Fish
- Fishing rod
- Flag
- Flashlight
- Flat-iron
- Flower orchid
- Flowers
- Flowers Dogwood
- Flowers larkspur
- Flowers Milkweed
- Flowers Roses
- Footprint
- Fox-horn
- Furniture
- Gold tooth
- Golf ball
- Guitar
- Gun
- Hammer
- Hammock
- Hand grip
- Handcuffs
- Handkerchief
- Harmonica
- Harness strap
- Hatchet
- Hearth
- Heirloom
- Hoe
- Honeysuckle
- Horsewhip
- Hot water bottle
- Hunting horn
- Ice
- Iron box
- Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass
- Jewelry Charm
- Jimson weed
- Jug
- Junk
- Kettle
- Keys
- Keys
- knife
- Ladder
- Lamp or lantern
- Lawnmower
- Letter
- License Plate
- Locks
- Luggage
- Machine gun
- Magazine
- Magnet
- Map
- Marble columns
- Matchstick
- Medal
- Metal detector
- Military equipment
- Milk
- Mirror
- Monument
- Musical instrument
- Nail
- Napkin
- New car
- Oars
- Opera glass
- Organ
- Padlock
- Paper
- Parasol
- Parcel
- Pear tree
- Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope
- Pencil
- Perfume
- Phaeton
- Phonograph
- Photograph
- Piano
- Pillow
- Pine knots
- Pipe
- Pistol
- Pitcher
- Plant mint
- Plow
- Poison
- Pokeberry juice
- Porcelain
- Portmanteau
- Quilt
- Rake
- Razor
- Ring
- Rope
- rubber tree
- Saddle
- Saddlebag
- Salt
- Satchel
- Saw
- Scissors
- Scythe
- Second-hand
- Sewing machine
- Shaving brush
- Shell
- Ship
- Shotgun
- Shovel
- Silver
- Silverware
- Skull
- Slipper
- Slop jar
- Soap
- Stained glass window
- Steamboat
- Still
- Stove
- Stove polish
- Suitcase
- Surrey
- Swing
- Sword
- Table
- Tankard
- Tarpaulin
- Tea
- tent
- Thimble
- Tobacco
- Toilet set
- Tombstone
- Toothpaste
- Toothpick
- Towel
- Toys
- Train
- Truck
- Trunk
- Umbrella
- Vase
- Vegetation
- Wagon
- Watch
- Watermelon
- Wedding license
- Wedding ring
- Well
- Wheel
- Wheel chair
- Willow tree
- Windows
- Wisteria
- Wreath
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Flatulence | Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Otherworldly | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Objects›Gasoline | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Symbolism›Blood
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Communication›Letter
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client