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Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Dinner | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›White anxiety
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Renewal
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Indecision
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Market gardening | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Shabby | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Execution | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Money›Collecting money | Money›Expenses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Place›Memphis | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Age›Youth | Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Hunting›Waiting | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Sun
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Time of Year›January | Weather›Fog
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Boat
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Exultation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ringo whips Ab
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Weather›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Metafictional›Signs
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Heat
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Gender›Labor | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Retelling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Skepticism | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Forgiveness | Moral›Praying | Movement›Horse | Movement›Swimming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Flood
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Indebtedness | Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Philosophical›Movement
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Religion
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death | Philosophical›Ethics | Philosophical›Luck
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident
Actions: Physical›Repair | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Death | Supernatural›Insight
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Storm
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Domestic Space›House | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Auditory›Silence | Olfactory›Sulfur | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain | Weather›Storm
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Weather›Flood
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Collective memory
Themes and Motifs: Death›Dying wish
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Race›Black stereotype
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Frost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›English / British | War›Death | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia | Religion›Consolation | War›Return from war
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Hunting›Breeding
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Place›River-bottom | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Bird hunting | Hunting›Duck hunting | Hunting›Goose hunting | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Hunting›Wildcat hunting
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dog-fox | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Coward | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Time›Future
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Environment: Natural›Delta | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Hunting season | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Crossing
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Lethe
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Childbirth
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›January | Weather›Cold
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Olfactory›Smoke | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Hunting›Rabbit hunting
Environment: Time of Year›Monday | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Giving advice
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Windows
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Panama hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shirtsleeves | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Basket | Objects›Handkerchief
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Auditory›Footsteps | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Year›August | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Weather›Sunshine | Weather›Warmth
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›December | Weather›Rain
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Moralizing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Supper table | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Year›October | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›August | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-cow
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving | Weather›Snow
Environment: Atmospheric›Bleak | Weather›Ice
Environment: Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Place›City | Weather›Perfect Weather
Cultural Issues: Progress›Road traffic | Progress›Skyscraper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Electrification
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Driving gear | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Fecundity / lushness | Natural›Trees | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall | Weather›Coolness
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Year›August | Weather
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Nostalgia | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Familiarity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Philosophical›Tedious / tedium | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›Orchard | Natural›Vines | Natural›Weeds | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking back | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Home | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Auditory›Rodent sounds | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Holding | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Orgasm
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Jumping | Physical›Rolling / wallowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shirt | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Pneumonia | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Grass | Natural›Mud | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Panting | Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Caring | Violent›Scratching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Stove
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Wisteria
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Easter | Weather›Fog | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Description›Color blue | Description›Color maroon | Description›Color purple
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Woodpile
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Calling
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mud | Public›Filling Station | Public›Road | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Olfactory›Gasoline | Weather
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Rain on roof | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Character›Comforter | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Stove | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Rheumatism
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Year›June | Weather
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Adam | Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Voice | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Year›January | Weather›Fog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Olfactory›Gunpowder | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Corpse | Death›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›February | Time of Year›New Year | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost | Weather›Snow
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Animals›Mules | Time›Duration of time | Time›Measuring time
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Verbal›Self-justifying
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Place›Grave | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›February | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations | Ritual›Commemoration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Dinner | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Cold
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Hotel | Public›Street | Time of Day›Eleven o'clock | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Heat