The Wind story
A weather expert is tormented by a strange wind. Directed by: Graham McLean. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| personal haunting | choice | The premise of the story is that John was haunted by a supernatural wind. John believed he had upset the wind by discovering its place of origin in the Himalayas some years ago. |
| acute anxiety | major | From Herb's point of view, John's repeated claims that the wind was out to get him were nothing more than paranoid ravings. |
| friendship | major | John's neediness put a strain on his friendship with Herb, who scarcely believed his stories about being terrorized by the wind. |
| creative writing | minor | In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing. |
| husband and wife | minor | Herb and Susan Thompson had another couple over for an evening of dinner, games, and conversation. |
| tabletop games | minor | John's desperate phone call interrupted Herb and his friends in the midst of a game of bridge. [bridge] |
| the nature of creativity | minor | In his introduction, Ray Bradbury gave his viewers an intimate window into his writing room, and some of the self-professed sources of creativity that lay about within it. |