The Thing with Two Heads story
A racist white man's head is transplanted onto the body of a condemned black man.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| compromising one's ethical principles for personal advantage | major | Should Dr. Fred Williams betray his fellow black man Jack Morris by helping the unabashed racist Dr. Kirshner on the promise of Dr. Williams getting his own lab? |
| facing organized pursuit | major | A manhunt for convicted murder Jack Moss with Dr. Kirshner's head grafted on him led to the total destruction of 14 police vehicles. |
| head transplant | major | Dr. Maxwell Kirshner had his head transplanted onto the body of another man. But he first had a gorilla head transplanted onto another another gorilla to test the procedure. On an unrelated note, the two-headed gorilla escaped and ran amok. |
| racism in society | major | Dr. Kirshner did not allow "colored people" on his staff and he tried to dismiss Dr. Fred Williams as soon as Kirchner found out he was black. In a twist of fate, he had was transplanted onto the body of a black death row inmate. |
| what if I was accused of a crime that I didn't commit | major | Jack Moss had been sentenced to death for a murder that he didn't commit and was determined to prove his innocence. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Jack Moss hid out at his girlfriend's house. |
| capital punishment | minor | Condemned man Jack Moss professed his innocence while sitting in the electric chair. |
| coping with a terminal illness | minor | Dr. Kirshner had terminal chest cancer. |
| experimental medical procedure | minor | Condemned man Jack Moss decided participate in an unspecified experimental medical procedure that turned out to be a head transplant. |
| murder | minor | Jack Moss had been sentenced to death for a murder that he didn't commit. |