I'll Never Forget You story
An American atomic scientist who is transported to the 18th century, where he falls in love.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| life in late modern Britain | major | Peter Standish traveled back in time to 18th century London and conversed among some of the great intellectuals and artists of the age. |
| love vs. the public good | major | Peter Standish fell in love with Helen Petigrew, but if he married her instead of her sister Kate Petigrew, as he was supposed to, then the future would be irreparably altered, since it was his destiny to marry Kate and father two children. |
| star-crossed lovers | major | Peter Standish travels back in time to the 18th century and falls in love with Helen Petigrew, but it was his destiny to marry her sister Kate Petigrew. |
| time travel | major | A lightning strike sends Peter Standish back in time to the year 1784. |
| time traveler living secretly among us | major | Peter Standish travels back in time to the 18th century lives secretly among the people there. |
| engaged couple | minor | Peter Standish was engaged to Kate Petigrew although he was in love with Helen Petigrew. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | Working out of his laboratory, the M.I.T. trained physicist Peter Standish succeeded in making an atomic pile (a.k.a. a nuclear reactor) output at a rate of 1000 kilowatts. |
| poverty in society | minor | Peter Standish witnessed general filth, poverty, and child labor on the streets of 18th century London. |
| science as magic to the primitive | minor | Some country gentlemen ransacked Peter Standish laboratory and were astonished and perplexed by such things as a model steamship and matchsticks. |
| scientist occupation | minor | Peter Standish was experimenting with nuclear fission in a laboratory setting. |