No Escape story
In a dystopian future, a former Marine serves life imprisonment on an island inhabited by savage and cannibalistic prisoners.
18 total · 2 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. captivity | major | A band of convicts, called the Insiders, were trying to escape from the open prison island where they were being held. |
| opposition to authority | major | A point was made about Robbins being the kind of guy who took orders from no man. |
| cannibalism | minor | Merek was planning to use Casey's dead body for food to feed his gang. |
| Christmas traditions | minor | The Insiders held a most shabby party to celebrate Christmas. |
| coping with a terminal illness | minor | Father confided in Robbins that Father had Hodgkin's Disease and had only a month or two left to live. |
| coping with post-traumatic stress | minor | The ex-Marine Robbins had traumatic flashbacks about an attack on civilians that he'd participated in. |
| corporal punishment | minor | The warden sentenced a prisoner to be "lashed" ten times with an electrical shocker gizmo of some sort. |
| exile | minor | A man was banished from the Insiders' village for having twice fallen asleep at his post. |
| friendship | minor | Robbins befriended young Casey. |
| funeral rite | minor | The men who'd died defending the Insiders' village were ceremonially cremated on a funeral pyre. |