The Flypaper story
Sylvia, a quiet, teenage girl, is being pestered by an old man. A woman steps in to help and brings her to her caravan home to call for the police. Unfortunately, the woman is not nice at all. Directed by: Graham Evans. Story by: Elizabeth Taylor.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| be wary of strangers | major | Sylvia neglected to follow this age old advice to her peril. |
| children and candy from strangers | major | Sylvia's grandmother warned her not to talk to strangers, but she didn't follow the advice. |
| grandmother and granddaughter | major | Sylvia was cared for by her grandma. |
| helping a stranger in need | major | We are led to believed that the old lady helped save Sylvia from the threatening man. |
| murder | major | The story is premised on the idea that the police were searching for the body of a missing girl. |
| what if I fell into the clutches of a homicidal maniac | major | Sylvia realized at the end that she was. |
| childhood music lessons | minor | Sylvia cared little for her piano lessons with a disagreeable old lady. |
| childhood trauma | minor | The vicar assumed that Sylvia must have been left scarred from her parents dying in an automobile accident. |
| coping with an obnoxious chatterbox | minor | Sylvia with man on the bus. |