A Small Town story
In the town of Littleton, a church handyman finds a model of the town in the church attic. Whatever he does to the model affects the town. Directed by: Alonso Alvarez-Barreda. Story by: Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due.
15 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I were a god | choice | With his magical model, Jason was as a god unto the little town: he answered suggestion box "prayers", smote the mayor's car; and conjured gold. |
| actions have consequences | major | The Narrator summed up Jason's catastrophically failed attempts to better the lives of his fellow townspeople as follows: "We can never calculate what change our actions will bring into the world, despite our best intentions, and whether they will be for good or ill." |
| letting go of the past | major | Nichelle told Jason he must move on from his wife's death. Jason leaving his giant gold wedding band to the town was perhaps a sign of him moving on from his dearly departed wife. There might have been an idea that the town must similarly move on (the mayor spoke of moving forwards). |
| superstition in society | major | A recurring theme was the eagerness of country bumpkins to believe in superstitious things: that the mayor was responsible for the random miracles, that Emilio was a witch. |
| Christianity | minor | The story took place in the attic of a church. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Jason mourned his late wife Trina. |
| drawing | minor | Emilio was making sketches of people and events in the town. |
| finding religion | minor | Jason moved into the church attic in order to come closer to God in the wake of his wife's tragic death. |
| giant monster | minor | Jason briefly set a giant tarantula on the mayor out of spite. |
| husband and wife | minor | Jason spoke of his late wife Trina. |