Not Like Us story
Two aliens posing as beautiful human beings take up residence in the small American town Tranquility.
13 total · 4 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien living secretly among us | major | Two aliens, who called themselves Janet and John, took up residence in a small American town. |
| brother and sister | major | Janet and her domineering brother John. |
| controlling family member | major | Janet and her domineering brother John. |
| the desire to be beautiful | major | The grand revelation of the story is that the aliens had come to Earth to perfect their experiment cosmetic surgery procedures on human guinea pigs so that they could make themselves more beautiful. |
| animal testing | minor | It turned out that the aliens had come to Earth to use human beings, who were considered to be animals under alien law, as guinea pigs in their cosmetic surgery experiments. |
| coping with a failing marriage | minor | Anita had enough of living in the middle of nowhere and decided to take the kids and leave her husband Sam, who was committed to living in the town for his research, for the summer. |
| father and daughter | minor | John and his young daughter Elizabeth. |
| father and son | minor | John and his young son. |
| husband and wife | minor | Anita had enough of living in the middle of nowhere and decided to take the kids and leave her husband Sam, who was committed to living in the town for his research, for the summer. |
| master and pet | minor | The Jones' and their family dog Albert. |