The Bewitchin' Pool story
Two children escape from their bickering parents by way of their swimming pool to a special place where the mysterious Aunt T lives. Directed by: Joseph M. Newman. Story by: Earl Hamner, Jr.
16 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fantasy land | choice | There was a fantasy land that could be accessed by troubled children through swimming pools, chimneys, or the like. |
| brother and sister | major | Sport retreated with her little brother Jeb to Aunt T's idyllic fantasy world. |
| child's need to be loved | major | The narrator spelled how Sport and Jeb found a happy fantasy land complete with a loving aunt out of a need for love that their parents had left unfilled. |
| coping with a failing marriage | major | Sport and Jeb had enough of their parents talk about divorce and retreated to an idyllic fantasy land. |
| divorce | major | Gil and Gloria Sharewood abruptly announced that they were getting divorced to their two kids, and coldly instructed them to choose which of them their wanted to live with. |
| escape from reality | major | While their parents bickered, Sport and Jeb escaped into a fantasy land at the bottom of their swimming pool. |
| husband and wife | major | Gil and Gloria Sharewood were constantly bickering with each other. |
| magic portal | major | Sport and Jeb discovered a "door" at the bottom of their swimming pool which led to an idyllic fantasy land full of love. |
| neglectful parent | major | Gil and Gloria Sharewood's two kids preferred the company of the loving Aunt T to their constant bickering. |
| what if I found myself in an alternate reality | major | Diving into the swimming pool, two kids unexpectedly found themselves in some sort of fantasy land. |