human nature theme
This is a general theme pertaining to distinguishing characteristics - including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting - which humans tend to have naturally.
21 total · 5 choice · 9 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp2x18 | choice | Stephen learned that money isn't everything to everyone. Stephen spoke about the general human instinct for larceny and only fear of getting caught kept us in check. |
| movie: Persona (1966) | choice | At the core of the story was the idea that we all play-act our way through life, that we are all conceited liars through and through. |
| movie: Rashomon (1950) | choice | the overarching point seems to have been the priest's loss of faith in humanity upon hearing about the selfish and cruel actions of everyone involved |
| tz1959e1x25 | choice | The moral of the story was spelled out as: "people are the same everywhere" while emphasizing that we all have ugly character flaws, foremost xenophobia. |
| tz1959e1x28 | choice | It was illustrated that people, Rocky in particular, need some adversity in front of them to overcome in order to lead a fulfilling life. |
| ahh1x20 | major | A point of the story was that Janice reminded people of uncomfortable truths that they would rather not be reminded of. |
| movie: Appleseed (2004) | major | The Seven Elders spelled out the recurring theme of humans being violent, warmongering beings who are generally slaves to their emotions. |
| movie: Dark City (1998) | major | The Strangers were experimenting with humans to analyze their individuality in the hopes that some insight might be revealed that will help their race survive. |
| movie: Lucy (2014) | major | A message of the film is that a loss of humanity comes with increased intelligence. |
| movie: Ready Player One (2018) | major | In the end, the viewer is shown that the point of playing video games was not necessarily to win, but rather to explore and have fun, by finding Easter eggs, for example. |