Themes and Motifs: Naming Nickname

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"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Play›Prank
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Indian name | Naming›Nickname
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming
"Lion", 187 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Boxers Dempsey and Tunney | Allusion, Historical›Boxers Sullivan and Kilrain
"Pantaloon in Black", 249 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Mules | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Economy›Gambling | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Naming›Nickname
"Tomorrow", 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
Flags in the Dust, 160 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Uniform | War›Peace | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Populace | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Car | Objects›Monument | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Beauregard, P. G. T. | Allusion, Historical›Hinson, Jack | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 167 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Disappointment
Cultural Issues: War›Noncombatant | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Naming›Nickname | Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Romantic›Flirtation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 169 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Law›Lawyers | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Books | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Arlen, Michael | Allusion, Historical›Dreiser, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Sabatini, Rafael | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 197 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Actions: Military›Training | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Naming›As tribute | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Go Down, Moses, 143 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Requiem for a Nun, 191 (Event)
Actions: Work›Janitor
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 8 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
The Reivers , 159 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Emotional›Repentance | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirt | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
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
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 201 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Values›Virtue
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
The Reivers , 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Sound and the Fury, 61 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Teaching | Emotional›Caring | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 61 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Shirtsleeves | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
The Sound and the Fury, 62 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Rain | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Wishing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Dolls | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 134 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname
The Town, 152 (Event)
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Chickamauga | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Lookout Mountain | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses