Captain America: The First Avenger story
During World War II, a frail man is transformed into the super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull from using the Tesseract as an energy source for world domination. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
14 total · 8 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| from zero to hero | major | Steve was transformed from a frail, undersized man into the super-soldier Captain America. |
| heroism | major | Steve became the ultimate American hero: Captain America. In particular, Steve was awarded a medal of valor for rescuing over 400 Allied soldiers from Nazi captivity. |
| human enhancement technology | major | Steve, a frail young man, was enhanced to the peak of human ability by means of an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. |
| military related work | major | We saw the lives of common Allied soldiers fighting on the front lines in the Second World War, |
| patriotism | major | Steve was determined to serve his country in the Second World War. |
| supersoldier | major | Steve was transformed from a frail, undersized man into the super-soldier Captain America. |
| the lust for power | major | Schmidt was hellbent on world domination. |
| World War II | major | Steve and the Allies were kicking Nazi tail. |
| Ancient Norse mythology | minor | There was talk of Odin and the tree of the world from Norse mythology. |
| science as magic to the primitive | minor | Schmidt explained how he understood why people confused his technology with magic, citing that "Great power has always baffled primitive men." |