The Mind of Simon Foster story
In an impoverished future, Simon Foster goes to a pawnshop to sell some personal items to raise money for rent. The shop owner offers to buy some of his memories. In Simon Foster's life, what could possibly be valuable? Directed by: Doug Jackson. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
13 total · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| desperation | major | Simon was jobless and desperate to pay the rent. |
| facing financial ruin | major | Simon was on the verge of being thrown out on the street. |
| facing job insecurity | major | Simon went to a pawnshop to sell a box of valuables after his unemployment benefits ran out. It olny went downhill from there. |
| memory erasure | major | Simon sold so many of his memories that he was hardly himself anymore. |
| memory recorder | major | A pawnbroker used a machine to excise certain memories from Simon's brain. |
| remorse | major | Simon came to regret selling his most cherished memories to a sleezy pawnbroker. |
| selling a part of one's self | major | Simon sold his memories to a sleazy pawnbroker to get money to pay the rent. |
| what it is like to be impoverished | major | Simon was jobless and on the brink of getting evicted from his cockroach infested apartment. |
| memories from past lives | minor | Simon had a mishmash of other people's memories implanted into his mind toward the end of the story. |
| memory implantation technology | minor | Simon had a mishmash of other people's memories implanted into his mind toward the end of the story. |