Themes and Motifs: Story-telling Reminiscence

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"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Grayness | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Camping | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray
"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
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
"Knight's Gambit", 245 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"Monk", 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Go Down, Moses, 157 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 178 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Alcohol›Race | Crime›Bribe
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 21 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Reminiscence
The Unvanquished, 94 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes | War›Deprivation | War›Fog of War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 96 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | War›Strategy | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Atlanta, Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Sabotage
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Values›Honor