I had to Google this word. Not that I didn’t know what oppression was but to understand all the intricacies. So Wikipedia says:
Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.[1] It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.
Not an upbeat word then… The first thing that came into my head was Sisyphus – that poor guy forever pushing the stone up the hill only to watch it roll down again.
There is the oppression of a people or a race or an oppressive mood. But I am more interested in being oppressed but the person involved not knowing it, although others around them are aware of it.
Synopsis
David lives the life he does because he knows no different. Born into a home of dark rooms and whispered secrets he has no idea that beyond the walls lies a place of sun and sound. He believes his parents are the people he slaves for but on his fifteenth birthday he discovers that the door to the place he lives is open. Carefully he goes out and finds the world populated by humans. He quickly realises he isn’t human as on contact with the sun he instantly changes his shape to that of a wolf. David must come to terms with his changing life and living above ground, as well as trying to find his true parents. The people who he has called mum and dad find him gone and race to catch him. Without David the stalemate between the wolves and the Nosferatu will crumble and there will be war.
Logline
David was brought up in the dark but on his fifteenth birthday he escapes his cage and goes out above ground for the first time. Now he is in a chase to stay ahead of the Nosferatu and stop the humans from discovering what he is, a wolf, except he keeps spontaneously changing every time the sun hits his skin.
Kate Murray - Cleaver 