Little Girl Lost story
A scientific genius is troubled by the death of his daughter. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Edwin Charles Tubb Directed by: Timothy Galfas. Story by: Stanford Whitmore.
11 total · 10 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a child | major | Professor Putman over the death of his daughter. |
| dealing with children | major | Tom and Charles treated Putnam's imaginary daughter as if she were real. |
| despair | major | Professor Putman was so distraught over death of his daughter that he destroyed the entire Earth. |
| escape from reality | major | Putman couldn't face the reality of his daughter's death and insisted on keep on as if she were still alive. |
| father and daughter | major | Professor Putman had an imaginary daughter. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | Professor Putman had an imaginary daughter. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | The story ended with an out of control fission process destroying Earth. |
| out of control scientific experiment | major | The story ended with an out of control fission process destroying Earth. |
| the end justifies the means | major | Does discovering fission justify exploiting a sick man? |
| the good of the many vs. the needs of the few | major | Does discovering fission justify exploiting a sick man? |