One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty [SEP] series
One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
"One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" is the second segment of the eleventh episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series "The Twilight Zone".
Plot.
Gus is an angry middle aged man who is dissatisfied with his life. One day, a toy soldier of his breaks and he realizes he must travel to his old house in Ohio to bury it. While Gus sits under a tree he is transported back to the 1940s
outlook had gradually changed. This resulted in the inclusion of previously uncollected stories with underlying themes of disillusionment and futility in rebelling. Classic examples along these lines are the dystopian "Knox" and "Silent in Gehenna". Other notable stories include "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" which depicts a man meeting a younger version of himself as a child and finding himself unable to ease the pains of his own childhood. The encounter begins at Lathrop Grade School in Painesville, Ohio where the author himself attended elementary school and