The Facts of Life story
Nicholas is a keen amateur fencer but is held back by his inexperience. He makes it through to a national fencing competition in London, but he has never been outside of his village or away from his parents. Directed by: John Gorrie. Story by: Somerset Maugham.
14 total · 8 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coming of age | major | Nicholas went to London as a naive teenager and came back a savvy more grown up person. |
| father and son | major | Nicholas Lillie's father wanted him to fail at a big fencing competition London to teach the boy some humility. |
| fencing | major | Nicholas went to London to participate in a fencing competition. |
| lesson in humility | major | The idea was that Nicholas should get a lesson in humility but it didn't quite work out that way. |
| religious point of view | major | We heard Nicholas' Bible thumping dad's opinion about this and that. |
| rural character vs. urban character | major | Small town teenager Nicholas got a taste of the high life in London and wised up along the way. |
| sin | major | There was gambling, drinking, and whoring in addition to the pride. |
| stereotypically innocent character | major | The small town teen Nicholas was naively unprepared for his trip to London. |
| Christianity | minor | We heard Nicholas' Bible thumping dad's opinion about this and that. |
| dealing with children | minor | Nicholas' parents reluctantly decided to let Nicholas go to London so that he would learn a lesson in humility, but it didn't quite work out as they had anticipated. |