Night of the Lepus story
A hoard of killer rabbits wreak havoc somewhere in the South Western United States.
8 total · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| father and daughter | major | Roy Bennett and his scientifically curious little girl Amanda Bennett. |
| human overpopulation | major | A dangerous population explosion of rabbits in the South West served as a not so subtle metaphor of the potential for people to overpopulate planet Earth. |
| human vs. beast | major | The people versus the giant mutant rabbits. |
| husband and wife | major | Roy Bennett and Gerry Bennett. |
| mother and daughter | major | Gerry Bennett and Amanda Bennett. |
| romantic love | major | Roy Bennett and Gerry Bennett. |
| father and son | minor | Cole Hillman and his young son Jackie Hillman. |
| pesticides in society | minor | There was much discussion about how using pesticides, like DDT, on the rabbits would poison other animals and have ill-effects on the environment. |