The Gladiators story
In order to prevent a another global war, the nations of the world decide to introduce "International Peace Games," a deadly miniature battle fought between small teams of drafted young soldiers from each country and broadcast on TV around the world.
10 total · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| communism | major | The French university student wish to overthrow the prevailing systems and establish a communist one. |
| cooperation vs. competition | major | There was something about the generals wanting the teams of soldiers to compete against one another, but the teams started to cooperate and work together to the generals' great dismay. |
| indoctrination of a people | major | The French university student contended that the games just functioned to indoctrinate people to believe in the prevailing system of world organization. |
| indoctrination of the young | major | The French university student contended that the games just functioned to indoctrinate people to believe in the prevailing system of world organization. |
| sporting to promote peace | major | The nations of the world held the International Peace Games, a deadly miniature battle fought between small teams of drafted young soldiers from each country and broadcast on TV around the world, in order to prevent a Third World War. |
| transnational institution for peace | major | The nations of the world organized under a United Nations-like institution in order to keep world peace. |
| patriotism | minor | Some among the young soldiers were patriotic. |
| racism in society | minor | An African American soldier in the games remarked to a superior how he was brought there to fight and then go home and take a back seat on the bus. |
| the horrors of war | minor | The generals shows a series of black and white photos of war crimes being committed. |
| World War III | minor | The ostensible reason for the International Peace Games was to prevent a future world war among the superpowers. |