civilians suffering in war theme
We are shown the plight of a group of civilians that suffer as a direct consequence of war between two factions. They may for example have had their food confiscated, homes destroyed, or been put in an internment camp for fear of espionage.
11 total · 3 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent1x21 | choice | Suliban were being held by Tandarans in an interment camp even though they were non-combatants in the war with the Suliban Cabal. |
| movie: Mrs. Miniver (1942) | choice | The story depicts the terrors that a wealthy English family and their circle of acquaintances went through during the German bombing campaigns of the Second World War. |
| movie: Shame (1968) | choice | The viewer is shown how life on a little island was thrown into upheaval when war reached it. Jan and Eva saw, were subjected to, and engaged in a variety of unpleasant activities that happened because of a war over ideology that turned people hateful. |
| movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965) | major | The story depicts the plight experienced by various people in Russia during the Great War, and the Russian Civil War. |
| movie: Gone with the Wind (1939) | major | The story portrays the desperation that people of the South experienced during the closing phase of the American Civil War. In particular, it was portrayed what it might have been like for the people of Atlanta during the extended assault by Union forces on the city. At the party, Rhett proclaimed that he hoped the North would relent because wars were awful affairs and afterwards no one knew why they had been fought. The remainder of the story showcased at least the first part of this assertion. |
| movie: War of the Worlds (2005) | major | The viewer is shown recurring scenes war refugees fleeing the carnage of the alien invasion. |
| movie: Casablanca (1942) | minor | People were shown rushing to get out of town in the lead up to the 1940 Nazi occupation of Paris. |
| movie: Roma (1972) | minor | Some civilians fled after their houses had been bombed. |
| novel: Stoner (1965) | minor | Stoner lived through two World Wars although he never enlisted - one friend was killed. |
| novel: The War of the Worlds (1898) | minor | The narrator describes the plight of a column of refugees who were fleeing a war torn London. |