Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! story

rbt1985e3x12 · 1989-11-17

Alien mushrooms control a group of children to do their evil bidding. Directed by: David Brandes. Story by: Ray Bradbury.

11 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 5 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
subversive life form from outer space	choice	The grand revelation of the story was that some mushroom-like aliens had seeded Earth with human-co-opting space spores as a prelude to invasion.
father and son	major	Hugh became increasingly worried about his young son Tom's cultivating of a batch of mail-order mushrooms.
human childhood	major	The youngster Tom was enthusiastically cultivating a batch of mail-order mushrooms in his parent's basement.
husband and wife	major	Hugh and Cynthia Fortnam attempted to find out why their neighbor disappeared after he expressed a concern that something catastrophic was about to happen. Dorthy was distressed over the sudden and mysterious disappearance of her husband, Roger.
mother and son	major	Cynthia became increasingly worried about her young son Tom's cultivating of a batch of mail-order mushrooms.
neighbor and neighbor	major	Hugh and Cynthia Fortna took steps to find their neighbor, Roger, who'd suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Hugh exchanged pleasantries with his eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Goodbody, at the white picket fence separating their properties. Mrs. Goodbody thereafter shared some seemingly farfetched views on flying saucers and space invaders.
coping with a loved one being missing	minor	Dorthy was distressed over the sudden and mysterious disappearance of her husband, Roger.
creative writing	minor	In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing.
gardening	minor	The youngster Tom was enthusiastically cultivating a batch of mail-order mushrooms in his parent's basement.
mass media in society	minor	While conversing with Roger in the car, Hugh stated how TV and satellites make it so that people are constantly reminded of all misery and hardships going on in the world, or something to that effect.