The Man in the White Suit story
Sidney Stratton, a brilliant young research chemist and former Cambridge scholarship recipient, falls foul of both trade unions and the wealthy mill owners who attempt to suppress his invention.
9 total · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| monopolies in society | major | The textile monopoly prevented Sidney Stratton from getting his indestructible fabric to market. |
| obsession | major | Sidney Stratton becomes obsessed with inventing an everlasting fiber for the textile industry. |
| speculative full body outfit | major | Sidney Stratton fashioned a brilliantly white suit from an everlasting fabric made of a special polymer that repelled dirt using static electricity. |
| workers replaced by machines | major | Textile workers and factory owners conspired to suppress Sidney Stratton's everlasting fabric because it was going to crash the fabric market and put them all out of work. |
| father and daughter | minor | Alan Birnley and Daphne Birnley. |
| father-in-law and son-in-law | minor | Alan Birnley was convinced that Sidney Stratton was interested in his daughter Daphne Birnley only for her money. |
| romantic love | minor | Sidney Stratton and Daphne Birnley. |
| scientist occupation | minor | Sidney Stratton was experimenting in his lab with test tubes and chemicals in an effort to invent an everlasting fiber. |
| selling out for money | minor | Sidney Stratton had to choose between selling his rights to the everlasting fabric to the industrialists, who would suppress it, or pressing on with bringing it to market. |