Cultural Issues: Government
Child Terms
- Abdication
- As source of money
- Audit
- Bureaucracy
- Civic officials
- Congress
- Contract
- Corruption
- Demographics
- Depression-era programs
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal laws and regulations
- Generational reform
- Governor
- Inheritance
- Inherited position
- Interference
- Legislative action
- Local laws and regulations
- Militia muster
- Municipal meeting
- National authority
- Nepotism
- Right of secession
- Secrecy
- State capital
- State government
- State laws and regulations
- Taxes, local
- Uncle Sam
- US Bureau of Indian Affairs
- US Post Office
- Usurpation
- Veterans Administration
- Voting rights
- Welfare
Sibling Terms
- Age
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Class
- Clothes
- Crime
- Cultural Identity
- Economy
- Education
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Food
- Gender
- Global
- Group Mentality
- Health and Illness
- History
- Hunting and Fishing
- Identity, Cultural
- Identity, Personal
- Labor
- Land-Use
- Law
- Mass Media
- Materialism
- Migration
- Modernity
- Nationality
- Politics
- Prejudice
- Progress
- Race
- Region
- Religion
- Ritual
- Segregation
- Sexuality
- Slavery
- Supernatural
- Technology
- Violence
- War
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Auditory›Postal horn | Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Government›Municipal meeting
Themes and Motifs: Money›In prospect
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Land-Use›Ownership | Law›Legal ownership | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government›US Post Office | Law›Legal ownership
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy
Cultural Issues: Government›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Named for historical figure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Government›Generational reform
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Women | Government›Generational reform | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gender stereotype | Olfactory›Decay
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Generational reform | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Romantic
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›December
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Maturing | Government›Generational reform | Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Government›Governor | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Home | Naming›Place name | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Social decline | Government›Governor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Memory›Forgetting | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Store clothes | Economy›Retirement | Government›US Post Office | Progress›Technological
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Politics›Taxes
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›July Fourth
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hair | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Politics›Election
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Election | Region›The South
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Government›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader | Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Government›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Government›Inherited position | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Race›Stereotype sweat | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Usurpation | Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Bodily›Running | Hunting›Slave hunting
Cultural Issues: Government›Inherited position | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices | Inheritance | Objects›Slipper
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Government›Federal laws and regulations | Labor
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Probate | Race›Using a Negro as messenger
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Government›Abdication | Government›Inherited position | Government›Usurpation | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Health and Illness›Doctoring | War›Draft
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Government›As source of money | Identity, Cultural›Rural | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Government›Bureaucracy | Health and Illness›Amputation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Values›Honor
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Government›Bureaucracy | Government›Interference | Identity, Personal›Financial independence
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Identity, Personal›Financial independence
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family values
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Government›As source of money | Government›Bureaucracy
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family values
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›College | Government›Depression-era programs | Identity, Personal›Financial independence | Modernity›Interwar years | War›Draft
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
Actions: Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Jewish | Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | Government›Federal laws and regulations | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Law›Aviation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | War›Draft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Government
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Crime›Bribe | Economy›Commerce | Economy›Industrialization | Economy›Wealth | Government›Corruption | Politics›Corruption
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Government›Interference
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Race›White race | Slavery›Southern curse
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Voting rights | History›Civil War consequences | History›Reconstruction | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›White fear | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Interracial violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Hunting and Fishing›Rules | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Morals›Morality | Values›Love
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Accent
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Widow | Government›Inheritance | Slavery›Naming slaves
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Objects›Padlock
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Religion›Social welfare as substitute
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Post Office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Progress›Technological | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Government›Depression-era programs | Progress›As loss | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Paving | Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Race›Segregation
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Progress›Cars | Race›Integration | Race›White supremacists | Technology›Electricity | Technology›Neon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
Environment: Time of Year›July Fourth
Actions: Military›Raising troops
Cultural Issues: Government›Militia muster
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Newspaper article
Cultural Issues: Government›US Post Office | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Cultural Issues: Government›Legislative action
Cultural Issues: Government›State laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Education›Negro education | Government›State laws and regulations | History›Reconstruction
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn
Actions: Communication›By sound | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority | Progress›Frontier times
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Crime›Prostitution | Government›Corruption | Health and Illness›Obesity | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Government›Corruption
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Politics›Election
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Region›North
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Actions: Communication›Language barriers
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Government›Depression-era programs | History›Russian Revolution | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Aesthetics: Language›Foreign language
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Economy›Laissez-faire capitalism | Government›Depression-era programs | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Communism | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Politics›And race | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Race›Loyal blacks | Race›Negro-lover
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Race›Integration
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | Law›Investigation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Law›Warrant
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Restoring order
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Government›Federal laws and regulations
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Government›State government | Politics›Democracy | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Politics›Campaigning
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Government›State government | Politics›Election
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Political ambition
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Character›Ambitious
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Government›State government | History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Progressive | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | History›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Christmas card
Cultural Issues: Government›Governor | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Politics›Election
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Government›Corruption | Government›Depression-era programs | History›Ku Klux Klan | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Politics›Campaigning
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Government›Congress | History›Civil Rights legislation | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Integration | Race›Negro-lover | Region›The South | War›Military awards
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Naming›As tribute | Objects›Monument | Past›Family history | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Technology›Atomic bomb | War›Return from war | War›Surrender
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Cultural Issues: Government›Veterans Administration | History›Baby Boom | War›Veterans
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs
Cultural Issues: Government›State laws and regulations | Law›Civil suit
Cultural Issues: Education›Trade school | Government›As source of money
Cultural Issues: Government›Welfare | History›Post-war prosperity | Progress›Consumerism | Progress›Racialized | War›Return from war
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Government›Civic officials | Law›Incarceration | Progress›Paving | Race›Disenfranchisement | Religion›Religious faith | Segregation›Housing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Verbal›Lying
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Radio | Government›Corruption | Government›Nepotism | Health and Illness›Impaired vision | Hunting and Fishing›Market-hunting | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Politics›Local political bosses | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Government›Civic officials
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Democracy
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption
Environment: Atmospheric›Sexual
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Trade school | Government›Corruption | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Inferiority
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Equality | Class›Gentility | Government›Governor | Religion›Sin | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Morality | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Figures of Speech›Poisoned | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Sending mail | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›US Post Office
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Government›Welfare | Prejudice›Racism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth | Government›Generational reform | History›Indian Removal | Progress›Historical
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Sobriety | Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Federal laws and regulations
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Communal narrative
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Reported narration
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Politics›City government
Environment: Public›Court | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Municipal meeting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Race›White supremacists
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Voting rights | Race›White supremacists
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress | Government›Voting rights | Race›White supremacists
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Gender›Marriage | Government›Voting rights | Law›Abuse of office | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | History›Frontier outlawry | Race›White supremacists | Ritual›Dueling | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust