the desire to pursue one's dream theme
A character has wishes to pursue unusual or fanciful ambitions that most people typically do not spend their lives persuing.
15 total · 5 choice · 8 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds93x14 | choice | Nog wished to pursue a career in Starfleet so he wouldn't end up wasting his talent working in a bar like his father |
| movie: All About Eve (1950) | choice | At the center of the story is the titular Eve Harrington, and the story leads up to the revelation that underneath Eve's humble and modest exterior she was, in fact, unscrupulous and ruthless in the pursuit of her dream of becoming a theater (and possibly Hollywood) sensation. |
| movie: Of Mice and Men (1939) | choice | George and Lennie dreamed of buying a farm of their own. Candy overheard them and got caught up in the dream as well. |
| tng1x11 | choice | Wyatt Miller :: Wyatt |
| tng7x20 | choice | Wesley :: Wesley flunks out of Starfleet to go on a hippie adventure with The Traveler |
| as1985e1x16 | major | Jonathan gave up on going to medical school in favor of pursuing his dream of living the free-and-easy lifestyle of a drifter. |
| as2020e02 | major | Stirling was driven by a desire to make it as a track athlete and get a college track scholarship. |
| futurama3x22 | major | Bender wanted to be a good cook in spite of lacking certain fundamental requirements such as a sense of taste. |
| movie: Alita: Battle Angel (2019) | major | Hugo pursued his dream of moving the the sky city Zalem. |
| movie: Radioactive Dreams (1985) | major | Philip and Marlowe left the bomb shelter they'd grown up inside and ventured out into a post-nuclear holocaust world in an effort to become private detectives, as was their mutual dream in life. |