The Last Child story
Karen Miller is determined to bring her second baby to term in a future where the government had implemented a strict one child per family policy to control population growth.
11 total · 8 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| abortion | major | Department of Population Control officials tried to perform a forced abortion on Karen. |
| expecting parents | major | Karen was six months pregnant. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Karen and Alan were on the run from the Department of Population Control officials in an effort to keep their baby. |
| fortitude | major | Karen was determined to keep her baby at all costs. |
| human overpopulation | major | The film is set in a future where the United States had implemented a one child per family policy to prevent overpopulation. |
| husband and wife | major | Alan Miler and Karen Miller. |
| romantic love | major | Alan and Karen. |
| totalitarian dystopia | major | People were allowed only one child per family, denied access to life saving medication, and expected to carry personal information cards at all times; draconian punishment were meted out on breakers of the law. |
| brother and sister | minor | Howard Drumm and Karen Miller. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Karen and Alan's first baby died just 15 days after being born. |