Steel Dawn story
A swordsman wanders through the desert in a post-apocalyptic war world in search of his mentor's killer.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| mother and son | major | Kasha and her young son Jux. |
| post-apocalyptic dystopia | major | The story is set in post-apocalyptic war world that is all desert as far as on can tell. |
| romantic love | major | Nomad and Kasha fell passionately in love. |
| surviving in a wasteland | major | People were trying their best to survive in a desertified, post-apocalyptic war world. This was exemplified by a band desert settlers that were doing their best to farm the land. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Nomad was motivated by a desire to murder the man who'd slain his longtime mentor. |
| coping with saying goodbye forever | minor | Nomad stayed true to his name, said his goodbyes to Kasha and Jux, and headed out into the desert to conclude the film. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | Nomad mourned the slaying of his longtime mentor. |
| feeling of inadequacy | minor | Tark felt worthless after losing his sport as top dog to Nomad, and he went out on a drinking binge, but Nomad went and made peace with Tark and brought him back to the community. |
| jealousy | minor | Tark became jealous of Nomad after Nomad took his spot as top dog in Kasha's household. |
| mentor and protégé | minor | Nomad was briefly reunited with his old mentor Cord, but Cord was soon slain by the assassin Sho, and the rest of the story followed Nomad as he tracked down Sho through the desert. |