The Return of the Hero story
Sgt. Andre Doniere is a veteran traveling home with his friend Corp. Marcel Marchand, who saved his life. Doniere makes a phone call to his aristocratic family, asking if they will accommodate his friend, who lost his leg. Doniere's mother, stepfather and fiancée are uninterested in welcoming a cripple, so Doniere decides to never return home, because he is the one who lost his leg. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: Andrew Solt, Andrew Solt and Stirling Silliphant.
15 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| mobility impairment | choice | It seems a point of the story was to show what life was like for a crippled war veteran. |
| friendship | major | Andre and Marcel were fast friends and said so. |
| infatuation | major | Therese was besotted with Andre. |
| kindness | major | The barkeeper's daughter Therese was notably kind to the penniless man she called "uncle". Also to Andre, who we learned in the end was a cripple. All but one of Andre's family members were notably unkind. |
| the role of war veterans in society | major | We saw how a couple of French war veterans, one of them crippled, were treated in their society. |
| unrequited love | major | Andre feigned to be unmoved by Therese who was besotted with him. |
| brother and sister | minor | Andre spoke to his sister Sibyl on the phone. |
| engaged couple | minor | Andre quarreled with his fiancée over the phone. |
| father and daughter | minor | We saw a restaurant owner worry about his daughter. |
| father and son | minor | Andre spoke to his dad on the phone. |