Alamo Jobe story
During the Battle of the Alamo, 15-year-old messenger boy Jobe Farnum is tasked with delivering a message from Colonel William Travis to John Lefferts. Before he is killed in a bout of crossfire, Jobe manages to travel through time to San Antonio, 1985, where he draws the attention of everyone around him as he tries to find Lefferts. Directed by: Michael Moore. Story by: Steven Spielberg, Joshua Brand & John Falsey.
7 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I found myself in the future | choice | Jobe was somehow transported forward in time from the Battle of the Alamo to contemporary San Antonio. There Jobe was mystified by payphones, break dancing, and other staples of 1980s America. |
| heroism | major | Jobe's extraordinary dedication to delivering the message was central. |
| historical event | major | The story depicts the Battle of the Alamo. [Battle of the Alamo] |
| loyalty to a cause | major | Jobe's extraordinary dedication to delivering the military dispatch was central. |
| past point of view | major | A point of the story was to speculate on how an early 19th century American era might perceive and react to encountering his country about 150 years later. |
| war | major | The story centers around a young volunteer fighter at the Battle of the Alamo being tasked to deliver an important letter. |
| law enforcement | minor | Jobe took to horseback to elude the police. |