The Different Ones story
A grotesque-looking teenager lives at the turn of the century.
9 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder | choice | Victor was hideous on Earth, but on a far away planet he was an attractive hunk. |
| lookism in society | choice | Victor was so hideous to behold that he had to wear a bag over his head and children teased him. |
| belonging | major | The story concluded with Victor finding a place where he fit in. |
| coping with being disfigured | major | Victor Koch was so grotesquely disfigured that he woke a hood over his head. |
| father and son | major | Paul Koch and Victor Koch. |
| choosing whether to kill someone to spare them suffering | minor | Paul was pressured by a government to put his son out of his misery. |
| coping with saying goodbye forever | minor | Paul bid farewell to his ugly son. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | Victor took a rocket to another planet. |
| videophone | minor | Paul called a government agency on a video phone of sorts. |