The Diamond Necklace story
Elderly Andrew Thurgood is let go from a jewelry firm after 37 years of loyal service. On his last day, a diamond necklace is stolen by a thief. Andrew is "distressed" at the breaking of his perfect record, but the thief is secretly Andrew's daughter, Thelma, and they worked together to carry out the theft. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: Sarett Rudley.
13 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| theft | choice | The story concerns the theft of a diamond necklace. |
| boss and employee | major | Andrew coerced Andrew into taking an early retirement to Andrew's great disappointment, or so it seemed. |
| coping with aging | major | Andrew and his friend in uniform complained about being elderly. Andrew thought he was being let go for being old. Andrew again lamented being old after the necklace was stolen. |
| father and daughter | major | Andrew and his daughter Thelma stole a diamond necklace from the jewelry firm where Andrew had worked for 37 years and got away with it. |
| getting fired from one's job | major | Andrew was being let go after 37 years for being too old. |
| how to commit a crime and get away with it | major | Andrew and his daughter executed a clever scheme to pilfer a more than $100,000 diamond necklace from the jewelry shop where his family had been employed for generations. |
| loyalty | major | A point was made about Andrew Thurgood in particular, and the Thurgood family in general, being loyal employees of the Maynard family owned jewelry firm. |
| arson | minor | Andrew's grandfather had started a fire in order to commit theft. |
| beating one's self up | minor | Andrew feigned to be devastated over letting a woman walk out of the jewelry store with diamond necklace. |
| coping with time passing you by | minor | Old Andrew had trouble keep pace with the new changes being undertaken at the jewelry shop he'd worked at for years, and was pushed into taking an early retirement. |