The Path story
A dissatisfied tabloid magazine writer gradually becomes obsessed with relying on a fortune teller who provides her with uncannily accurate predictions about where her life is headed. Directed by: Jerry Levine. Story by: James Crocker.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fortune telling | major | Ali became utterly reliant on the coffee house fortune teller Kneigh. |
| human addiction | major | Ali became so preoccupied with having Kneigh read her future that she spent whole days waiting for him at the coffee shop and panicked when she missed him. [fortune telling] |
| journalism | major | Ali was working as a tabloid journalist. |
| precognition | major | Kneigh could see bits of people's futures. |
| superstitiousness | major | Ali ended up not being able to make a decision without first consulting the fortune teller Kneigh. |
| the desire for professional success | major | Ali was dissatisfied at her job writing for an outlandish tabloid journal and sought employment with more respectable publishers. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Ali walked in on her boyfriend sleeping with another woman. |
| romantic infidelity | minor | Ali walked in on her boyfriend sleeping with another woman. |
| selfishness | minor | Ali showed a notable lack of sympathy for Kneigh as he lay dying in the street, rather she was only concerned about him not being able to tell her fortune anymore. |