the value of imagination theme

Whether and to what extent our imagination is of benefit to us is discussed.

8 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
shortstory: The Celestial Omnibus (1911) choice Septimus was rebuked for censoring the boy's imagination
tz2019e1x10 choice The story concluded with Rod Serling telling Sophie that it was important to not cast away her imaginative spirit that she had had since childhood.
ahh2x17 major The townspeople got a lot of joy out of sitting around the jar and pondering what might be contained therein. Their sotto voce musings indicated it dragged up old memories of things that were important to them.
ds91x16 major Benjamin was keen about the need for human imagination, but Odo felt it a waste of time
ahp2x13 minor Babs said she wished Mr. Fenton had a bit more imagination as it would be good for him.
as1985e1x16 minor The enigmatic tree troll was adamant that "the world needs dreamers" and "what we could truly do with (in this world) is a few more dreamers". Jonathan took the troll's world view to heart by giving up on going to medical school to instead become a dirt encrusted drifter.
ds94x01/02 minor Jadzia tried to instill Kira with the value of having a good imagination in holosuite
futurama5x9101112 minor Bender lamented his lack of imagination.