Weird Science

     Similarly, Lisa’s creation in Weird Science directly represents the story of American foundation. Though the neither story is perfectly analogous to the other, Gary and Wyatt’s purpose and motivation in creating Lisa is parallel to many reasons that early settlers wanted establish America, reasons that CEFW focus on in their own works. In Weird Science, The problem that motivates Gary and Wyatt to create Lisa is, as Gary says, “nobody likes us” (Hughes Weird Science). In comparison, Winthrop writes that settlers are motivated “to seek out a place of cohabitation and consortship under a due form of government both civil and ecclesiastical…” (Winthrop A Model of Christian Charity). In both cases, hope seems to lie in establishing and creating something new rather than settling for the old reality. Furthermore, both Winthrop and Hughes present their characters as weak before their creation. For example, Winthrop believes that his followers were formerly weak; however, America and specifically the religious freedom it allows will help his congregants “be the better preserved from the common corruptions of this evil world” (Winthrop A Model of Christian Charity). Hughes, similarly, presents Wyatt and Gary as lost causes without the help of Lisa, their own version of Winthrop’s America.