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The Thing That Walked on the Wind Study Guide

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by August Derleth
About 14 pages (4,081 words)
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The mentioning of pagan religious rites and human sacrifice in "The Thing That Walked on the Wind" may be bothersome to some, although such matters are a routine part of the tradition of supernatural fiction in English.

In"The Thing That Walked on the Wind," these themes heighten the tension of the story by emphasizing a threat posed to people by powerful forces poorly understood by human beings. The story also mentions religious rites, more the product.....

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The Thing That Walked on the Wind from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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