A Message from Mars story
A wealthy young man who is exceedingly selfish and self-centered is shown the error of his ways by a messenger from Mars on Christmas Eve.
10 total · 7 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas traditions | major | The egocentric and selfish man Horace Parker came to see the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. |
| compassion | major | Horace Parker shows compassion toward a homeless man, orphans, and others after having experienced hardship firsthand |
| egocentrism | major | Horace Parker is exceedingly selfish and egocentric but the Martian teaches him to see the world through the eyes of others |
| engaged couple | major | Minnie Templer nearly breaks off her engagement to Horace Parker on account of his selfish behavior |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | a Martian visits Horace Parker on Christmas Eve to show him the error of his selfish ways |
| seeing the error of one's ways | major | a Martian visits Horace Parker on Christmas Eve to show him the error of his selfish ways |
| selfishness | major | Horace Parker is the embodiment of selfishness |
| putting yourself in someone else's shoes | minor | the Martian makes Horace Parker experience hardship firsthand |
| the desire for redemption | minor | the Martian had to help Horace Parker see the error of his ways in order to redeem himself in the eyes of his Martian peers |
| what it is like to be homeless | minor | The Martian made Horace Parker experience firsthand what it was like to live as a bum. |