running away from home theme
A young character leaves their legal guardians, perhaps parents, without permission and with the intention of never returning.
Examples
In "The 400 Blows" (1959), Antoine thought he could no longer live with his unloving parents so left them with the intention of making his own way in the world.
8 total · 2 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: The 400 Blows (1959) | major | Antoine tried to run away from his parents |
| movie: The Mind of Mr Soames (1970) | major | John ran away from the institute and had to fend for himself on the streets of England. |
| ahp5x21 | minor | Charles told Anne not to run away like she had done some other time. |
| movie: Going My Way (1944) | minor | Carol, an 18 year-old, told Father O'Malley that she'd run away to New York to get away from her stifling parents. |
| movie: Settlers (2021) | minor | Remmy ran away from the farmstead because she couldn't handle her mother taking up with the man who'd killed Remmy's own father. But she was forced to return upon discovering that their farm was inside a large dome that kept breathable air inside. |
| movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939) | minor | Dorothy briefly ran away from home to save her pet pooch Toto whom a wicked witch of a woman wanted to have "destroyed". |
| play: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) | minor | Hermia eloped rather than marry Demetrius |
| theamericanshortstory04 | minor | The story concludes with David hopping on a freight train on its way out of town. |