coping with someone controlling your life theme
A character has to struggle with someone (or something) controlling their life.
Examples
Professor Kerry West got a new television set that began to regulate almost every aspect of his daily life in Twonky (1953).
5 total · 5 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp3x29 | major | Harold complained that he had let his domineering sister boss him around for 13 years. |
| ahp6x26 | major | Lucy was fed up with her domineering mother for preventing her from getting married. |
| movie: The Damned (1963) | major | Joan was fed up with her biker gang brother controlling her life. |
| movie: The Twonky (1953) | major | Kerry West's television was regulating nearly every aspect of his life, like choosing the sort of music he listened to and decided when he will be shaved. |
| theamericanshortstory14 | major | Beatrice was under the dominion of her father, Rappaccini. |