Miss Paisley's Cat story
Emma Paisley is distressed when her neighbor, Rinditch, kills her pet cat Stanley. Emma blacks out and wakes up four hours later, to find that Rinditch has been murdered. Emma confesses to the police that she did it, but is unable to convince them as she cannot explain how she did it. Directed by: Justus Addiss. Story by: Roy Vickers, Marian Cockrell.
14 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| master and pet | choice | Emma took in a stray cat and made it her own. |
| coping with the death of a pet | major | Emma mused to herself about how she still missed her killed cat six months on after the event. |
| murder | major | Emma or someone killed Mr. Rinditch. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | Emma had a conflict with her neighbor Mr. Rinditch regarding Emma's cat. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Emma was convinced that she'd killed Mr. Rinditch because he had killed her cat. |
| animal cruelty | minor | Emma considered reporting Mr. Rinditch to the police after he matter of factly admitted to having kicked her cat. |
| attitude of superiority | minor | Emma referred to her neighbors as "commoners" in a way that made it clear she held herself above them. |
| capital punishment | minor | Mr. Jenkins was sent to the chair for a murder that he did not commit. |
| crime against property | minor | Mr. Rinditch was a bookie and got fined many times, we heard. |
| law enforcement | minor | Emma confessed her crime to two skeptical police officers. |