Five story
Five people, one woman and four men, survive an atomic bomb disaster that appears to have wiped out the rest of the human race while leaving all infrastructure intact.
9 total · 7 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| husband and wife | major | Roseanne Rogers longed to know the fate of her husband Steven Rogers and traveled to the city to find out if he could still be alive. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | World civilization is destroyed in a nuclear conflagration. |
| nuclear weapons | major | World civilization is destroyed in a nuclear conflagration. |
| racism in society | major | The overtly racist Eric exclaimed it was a mistake that Charles, who was black, had survived the atomic bomb disaster. Eric wanted him to leave the group of survivors, and later murdered him in cold blood. |
| rebuilding society after war | major | Michael and Roseanne Rogers are left with the task of rebuilding a new and better society after a nuclear conflagration leaves them the last two people on Earth. |
| the dangers of unfettered scientific advancement | major | World civilization is destroyed in a nuclear conflagration. |
| what if I were all alone in the world | major | Five nuclear holocaust survivors thought they might be the last people left on Earth. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Roseanne Rogers' newborn baby died from radiation poisoning after she traveled with it to the city to ascertain the status of her husband Steven Rogers. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | The five survivors feared they would die from exposure to radiation. |