Themes and Motifs: Psychological Trauma

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"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Milk | Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
"Death Drag", 195 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›August | Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Alcohol›Abstinence | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Health and Illness›Smoking habit | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Community | Psychological›Trauma
Absalom, Absalom!, 200 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food›Sugar
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Verbal›Howling | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Trauma | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 42 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space
Actions: Verbal›Teasing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Thimble | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Psychological›Trauma
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, 211 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Nightmare | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Tractor | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 256 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Trembling | Emotional›Terror | Mental›Nightmare | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Swearing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Sanctuary, 137 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Flowers | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›May
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
The Hamlet, 263 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Having sex
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals