The Mind of Mr. Soames story
The film tells the story of a thirty-year-old man (John Soames) who has been in a coma since a brain injury during birth. Now revived, he shows the behavior of a child and is monitored by two doctors attempting to find out if he can be rehabilitated in the adult world.
9 total · 7 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| child's point of view | major | John was a thirty year old man with the mind of a child. |
| educating a child | major | Dr. Michael Bergen took a kind and gentle approach to raising John, while Doctor Maitland advocated a strict approach. |
| human parenting | major | Dr. Michael Bergen and Dr. Maitland raised John. |
| human vs. captivity | major | John desperately wanted to go outside but Dr. Maitland forbid him from leaving the institution building. |
| running away from home | major | John ran away from the institute and had to fend for himself on the streets of England. |
| unethical human experimentation | major | We are made to question whether it was ethical to revive John Soames from a coma that he had been in since birth. |
| working hard vs. taking it easy in life | major | John came to resent Dr. Maitland for forcing him to learn everyday at the expense of having fun, while Doctor Bergen took the approach that some recreation was essential to John's development. |
| depression | minor | John became despondent after learning about the concept of death. |
| drunk driving | minor | A drunk man crashed into John and injured him. |