Project X story
The plot revolves around a USAF Airman and a graduate student who are assigned to care for chimpanzees used in a secret Air Force project.
7 total · 2 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| animal testing | major | We are made to thinking about whether it is okay to subject chimps to lethal doses of radiation in the name of military research. |
| friendship | major | Teri and Jimmy teamed up to saves their sign language using chimp Virgil from being subjected to a lethal dose of radiation in a military experiment. |
| academic occupation | minor | The graduate student Tina MacDonald was distressed upon finding out that her grant to teach her beloved chimp sign language would not be renewed. |
| military related work | minor | The story is largely set on Lockridge Air Force base, and we saw to some extent what it was like to work there. |
| military secrecy | minor | The Air Force was conducting top secret radiation tests on chimpanzees. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | The U.S. Air Force was conducting experiments into the ability of pilots to retaliate after a nuclear attack. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | A flight simulator trained chimp a was given lethal pulse of radiation to determine how long a pilot may survive after a nuclear exchange in carrying out a second-strike. |