reintegrating into society theme
Someone has been away from anything resembling normal society for a long time, for example due to a lengthy prison term, and tries to re-adjust to life among ordinary people again.
Examples
In "Universal Soldier: Regeneration" (2009), the former mindless supersoldier Luc Deveraux was undergoing rehabilitation therapy in Switzerland with the goal of rejoining society.
12 total · 4 choice · 6 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp7x30 | choice | The ex-con Fred was trying to get back on his feet after being released from a four year prison sentence. |
| movie: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | choice | The story is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to civilian life after coming home from World War II. USAAF bombardier captain Fred Derry came from an all but impoverished family and returned to his selfish and materialistic wife Marie. U.S. Army sergeant Al Stephenson, a bank executive in civilian life, returned to his luxury flat, loving wife, and two now-teenage children. U.S. Navy petty officer Homer Parrish had lost both hands, sporting hooks where they had once been, and returned to his middle-class family and a next-door girlfriend. |
| movie: The Deer Hunter (1978) | choice | The film is a commentary on the devastating toll war can take on humans and their communities. The central event was that three American soldiers were tortured by North Vietnamese partisans. Mike fared the best but hid in a motel to avoid his friends from time to time. Steven had lost both legs and the use of his left arm, and was staying in an army hospital because he couldn't face his family and old friends. Nick refused to return altogether and instead went deep into the murky Saigon underworld to become a famed Russian roulette player know as "The American". |
| voy4x06 | choice | Seven of Nine began the long and difficult process of learning to be human again. |
| ahp3x04 | major | Jackie was working to get back on his feet after being released from prison over his role in a bank robbery. |
| ds94x19 | major | Miles getting accustomed to life back on the space station after a lengthy incarceration. |
| movie: Soldier (1998) | major | The battle-hardened veteran of many wars Sergeant Todd struggled mightily to adapt to life in the peaceful Arcadia 234 garbage planet community that welcomed him as one of their own. |
| movie: Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) | major | The former UniSol Luc was undergoing rehabilitation therapy with the goal of rejoining society before he was commandeered by the military to go on a dangerous mission. |
| theamericanshortstory09 | major | The story follows the young man Harold as he comes back to his hometown after fighting in the Great War a withdrawn, despondent man who doesn't fit in anymore. |
| voy4x02 | major | Seven of Nine struggled with a sudden and unwanted individuality after being severed from the Borg Collective, and faced the prospect of a long and difficult integration into being a member of the Voyager crew. |