The Crazies story
The residents of a small American town accidentally become afflicted by a military biological weapon.
9 total · 7 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| biological weapons | major | The military created a highly contagious and deadly virus code named Trixie. |
| contagious disease in society | major | Evans City was quarantined and a nuclear bomb readied to prevent the virus from spreading. |
| government secrecy | major | High levelgGovernment officials, including the President, were planning how to cover up the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Evans City, if it became necessary. |
| human-made pandemic | major | The military accidentally contaminated the Evans City water supply with a highly contagious virus, named Trixie, which caused victims to either die or become homicidally insane. The city was quarantined and a nuclear bomb readied to prevent the virus from spreading. |
| quarantine dilemma | major | We are made to ponder whether the military was justified in quarantining the people of Evans City against their will. |
| romantic love | major | Judy and David. |
| the good of the many vs. the needs of the few | major | Should the military quarantine the people of Evans City against their will in an effort to stop a deadly virus from spreading all over the world? |
| father and daughter | minor | Artie Fulton and Kathy Fulton. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | A nuclear bomb was prepared for dropping on Evans City should in case the plague got too much out of control. |