Street of Shadows story
While taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood, an unemployed man living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation. Directed by: Richard Bugajski. Story by: Michael Reaves.
14 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| rich character vs. poor character | choice | The life of an unemployed man who was living with his family in a homeless shelter was contrasted with that of a wealthy business man who was living in a mansion. |
| social inequality | choice | The life of an unemployed man who was living with his family in a homeless shelter was contrasted with that of a wealthy business man who was living in a mansion. |
| what it is like to be homeless | choice | Steve and his family were living out of a homeless shelter. |
| desperation | major | Chronically unemployed Steve was so desperate to provide for his family that he attempted to burgle the mansion of a wealthy business man. |
| facing job insecurity | major | Steve's inability to find a job put him in a situation where he and his family were about to be kicked out from the homeless shelter they were staying at. |
| what if I found myself in an alternate reality | major | Through some unexplained twist of fate, Steve's conscience appeared to have entered into the body of the wealthy businessman. |
| what if I was super rich | major | Steve woke up inhabiting the life of a wealthy businessman with unimaginable wealth. |
| burglary | minor | Steve burgled a rich man's mansion and got shot for the trouble. |
| compassion | minor | A news article indicated that the business man had exhibited a sudden streak of charity - little did they know that his body had been temporarily possessed by down-and-out Steve, who merely wished to benefit his own. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation | minor | To save himself from going to prison, Steve aggravated his offense by throwing a heavy bottle at the rich businessman's head. |