Enemies story
A son inadvertently discovers the mechanical man that his father had marooned on an island out of fear for its general safety.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial body part | major | The amputee George was fitted with a robotic arm and was shown getting accustomed to manipulating it. The story concluded with him donating it to the abandoned robot. [arm] |
| friendship | major | The first half of the story concerned a friends group of three teenage boys. |
| human childhood | major | The first half of the story concerned a friend group of three teenage boys. |
| human vs. monster | major | Young George was stranded alone on an island where he believed a monster of some sort roamed. |
| humanoid robot | major | Central to the latter half to the story was the revelation that Russ had once build a robot which he was forced to abandon on an island because people would fear it. |
| maker and machine | major | The viewer learns belatedly that Russ had created a mysterious robot of the Frankensteinian variety. It had been like a child to him. |
| missing hand | major | George lost his left arm and had to come to terms with this. |
| childhood terrors | minor | The story concerned three teenage boys' stereotypical fear, which they goaded each other to face, of a rumored monster. |
| father and son | minor | Russ and George spoke briefly. George lectured Cole about a stun baton not being a toy. |
| human vs. environment | minor | Young George faced the prospect of having to survive on the island in the middle of the lake until help arrived. [forest] |