Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
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"Black Ferris" is an early Ray Bradbury short story that introduces the sinister carnival imagery and themes of temptation and lost youth that he later expanded into his novel *Something Wicked This Way Comes*.
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| Black Ferris | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expandedInto | Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy fiction
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horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Ray Bradbury’s Green Town cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
bargain for youth
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carnival ⓘ ferris wheel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption of innocence
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fear of aging ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ supernatural temptation ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesTheme |
lost youth
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sinister carnival imagery ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American speculative fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| sharesSettingElementWith | Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesThemeWith | Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
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