Keywords
| Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3976 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Hair pigtails | |
| 5173 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Half dollar | |
| 2333 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hammer | |
| 2677 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hammock | |
| 2644 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Hand / Palm | |
| 2534 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hand grip | |
| 2906 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Handcuffs | |
| 3119 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Handkerchief | |
| 2474 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Hands in pockets | |
| 3247 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Harmonica | |
| 5163 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Harness strap | |
| 4401 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hatchet | |
| 5278 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Haunted by past | |
| 2612 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Haunted house | |
| 2608 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Haunting | |
| 2878 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Hearse | |
| 809 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hearth | |
| 3687 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Heels | |
| 955 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Heirloom | |
| 4460 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Helpless | |
| 5739 | Themes and Motifs | Inheritance | Hereditary culpability | |
| 4854 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Hidden | |
| 3951 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Hips | |
| 4894 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Historical wrong | |
| 2643 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hoe | |
| 528 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Hog | |
| 376 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Home | |
| 1283 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Home as prison | |
| 2624 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homebound | |
| 1863 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homecoming | |
| 1957 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homesickness_Longing for home | |
| 1224 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Honesty | |
| 1129 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Honeysuckle | |
| 864 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Honor | |
| 1924 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Honor | |
| 595 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Horses | |
| 1522 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Horsewhip | |
| 3156 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hot water bottle | |
| 5098 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Hubris | |
| 3520 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Human experience | |
| 1159 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Human nature | |
| 4544 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Humility | |
| 4919 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Hunting | |
| 2451 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hunting horn | |
| 1398 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Hypocrisy | |
| 4966 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Hypocrisy | |
| 2476 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Ice | |
| 5272 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Idealism | |
| 5439 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Ill-gotten | |
| 2314 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Illusion | |
| 3172 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | Illusion of success or victory | |
| 3222 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Imagination | |
| 4677 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Imagined | |
| 2366 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Imitation | |
| 1832 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Importance of naming |
When a character or narrator draws attention to a name - e.g., the narrator of "Lion" saying as "head bear," Old Ben "deserved a better name." JBP |
| 2679 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Impotence |
This entry can refer both to, and beyond, the physiological to denote the inability to achieve an aim, dream or ambition. In Absalom 149.4, Sutpen provides an example; he still has the same ruthless ambition, but can no longer realize it, reduced as he is to tending his store and drinking with Wash Jones. JC |
| 4525 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Improvements | |
| 3253 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Impulsiveness | |
| 5023 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | In battle | |
| 1349 | Themes and Motifs | Death | In childbirth | |
| 1561 | Themes and Motifs | Home | In nature | |
| 1723 | Themes and Motifs | Money | In prospect | |
| 4641 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | Inability | |
| 5123 | Themes and Motifs | Inheritance | Income | |
| 683 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Independence | |
| 1187 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Independence | |
| 985 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Indian burial practices | |
| 846 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Indian name | |
| 2421 | Themes and Motifs | Exile | Indian Removal | |
| 4258 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Individualism |
Beyond self-reliance, this concept also folds in ideas of treating people as individuals and a deep skepticism about organizations, institutions, or perspectives that group people together. In its base form it is anti-government, anti-collectivist, anti-group think, but not a full-fledged political doctrine like Libertarianism. JB and EP |
| 4917 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Indomitable | |
| 4329 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Inexperience | |
| 3878 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Infinity | |
| 1091 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Inheritance | |
| 4134 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Inheritance | |
| 4895 | Themes and Motifs | Inheritance | Inheritance of wrong | |
| 2407 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Inherited traits | |
| 1245 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Injustice | |
| 647 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Innocence | |
| 2353 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Innocence | |
| 1609 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Inscrutable |
I added this for "The Old People," 205.3, to reflect the lack of emotion that Sam Fathers shows. LW |
| 4469 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insect boll weevil | |
| 3858 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insect fly | |
| 3882 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects bees | |
| 3883 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects butterflies | |
| 4146 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects crickets | |
| 3814 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects lice | |
| 3843 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects mayflies | |
| 5619 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Insects tick | |
| 1003 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Insight | |
| 2334 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Integrity | |
| 2696 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Intelligence | |
| 5091 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Interpretation | |
| 2427 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Interpretation of symbol | |
| 522 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Intestines | |
| 3978 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Invisibility | |
| 1681 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Iron box | |
| 989 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Jailbreak | |
| 3891 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Jaw | |
| 4437 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Jazz music |