The Man who Saw the Future story
A 15th century Frenchman is plucked out of his own time and given a tour of 1944 Paris.
11 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I found myself in the future | choice | The story follows the apothecary's assistant Henri Lothiere as he is transported by a pair of scientists from 1444 Paris to the Paris of 1944. |
| curiosity killed the cat | major | For investigating a field from which emanated strange thunderclaps, the ever-curious Henri Lothiere was charged with sorcery and blasphemy by the Inquisition and ultimately burned at the stake. |
| past point of view | major | The 15th century apothecary's assistant Henri Lothiere was was utterly astonished by technologically advanced world of 1944 Paris. |
| time travel | major | The two scientists Rastin and Thicourt used some or another machine they'd constructed to transport Henri Lothiere from 1444 Paris to their own time and place of 1944 Paris. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | Nobody in Henri Lothiere's own time of 1444 believed his story that he'd traveled to 1944 Paris and seen numerous technological marvels. Instead, he was labeled a sorcerer and a blasphemer and ultimately burnt at the stake. |
| capital punishment | minor | Henri Lothiere was condemned to burn (at the stake, judging from the 15th century Paris context) for allegedly conjuring thunderclaps by means of sorcery. |
| flying car | minor | Henri Lothiere observed winged flying cars in the skies over 1944 Paris. |
| heresy | minor | Henri Lothiere was brought before the Inquisitor on charges of sorcery and blasphemy. |
| science as magic to the primitive | minor | Henri Lothiere's 15th century contemporaries could only understand his journey of hundreds of years into the future as being the work of the Devil and his minions. |
| the thirst for knowledge | minor | Henri Lothiere spoke of how he'd been a seeker of hidden knowledge since the time of his youth. |