Themes and Motifs: Community Stranger
Description
I'm thinking of the times when someone enters a community who is unknown and the collective community has suspicions about this character. A clear example would be Lena Grove. (jj)
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Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Community›Stranger | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-horse
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Tennis shoes