coping with being an outcast theme
Someone struggles with being rejected and isolated from a social group that is (financially, emotionally, or otherwise) important to them.
16 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Robot Stories (2003): Machine Love | choice | Central to the story was Archie being shunned at his place of work on account that he was an android. |
| ahh1x24 | major | A point of the story was that George and his family completely lost their standing in the little rural community in which they lived. George's car was vandalized and the family business (an apothecary) was boycotted. |
| as1985e2x04 | major | Harry felt disconnected from both his family and other teenagers. He therefore wished he could live in a movie. |
| ftt1982e3x06 | major | Beast lived alone in an old castle, evidently on account that there was no place for him in society owing to his beastly physical appearance. |
| movie: Disturbing Behavior (1998) | major | The viewer is shown what high school is like from the point of view of Steve and the trio of outcast stoners that he befriended. |
| movie: Frankenstein (2025) | major | The Creature lived as an outcast from society and longed to die. |
| novel: The Invisible Man (1897) | major | Griffin lived as a loner before he became invisible, and he lived in isolation from other people everywhere he went after his transformation. |
| rd1988e4x05 | major | Rimmer had to deal with the fact that nobody liked him. |
| tz1959e2x06 | major | Mrs. Tyler and Mr. Smith lament their prospects as outcasts. |
| tz1985e1x16b | major | Mitchell was sentenced to being treated as invisible by the whole society for a year. |