The Gift story
A visitor from outer space tries to present a gift to a Mexican village that greets him only with suspicion. Directed by: Allen H. Miner. Story by: Rod Serling.
12 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fear of strangers | choice | The mountain villagers intrinsic fear of strangers led them to misinterpret a friendly space alien's actions as being hostile. |
| xenophobia in society | choice | The mountain villagers intrinsic fear of strangers led them to misinterpret a friendly space alien's actions as being hostile. |
| childhood as an outsider | major | The orphan boy Pedro said to the alien that he felt like an outcast in the mountain village in which he resided. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The mysterious stranger turned out to be a crash-landed alien. |
| friendship | major | The mysterious stranger befriended the lonely orphan boy Pedro. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Fearful Mexican village folk kill an alien and burn his possession, only to find out that he actually came in peace and that they had just destroyed a vaccine for cancer. |
| orphanhood | major | Pedro was a nine year old orphan who supported himself by working in a bar. |
| blindness | minor | A blind man explained that darkness was his friend. |
| Christianity | minor | We heard speculated that if God came to Earth, they'd shoot him too. The alien was called the Devil and Satan. |
| cure for cancer | minor | An alien came to Earth bearing the chemical formula for a cancer vaccine as a gesture of goodwill on behalf of his people. |