# Home Alone analysis **URL:** \ **Category:** Analysis and Review\ **Created:** [December 4, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/home-alone-analysis/1357 "2017-12-04T20:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 90
**Author:** ![jhay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhay/32/1944_2.png) [@jhay](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/home-alone-analysis/1357/90 "2018-08-18T20:03:43Z")
> [@mlucas](#): > > Hey @jhull , sorry to resurrect this, but I was just wondering, what were you thinking the First Story Driver of Home Alone is? Just rewatched it. Pretty sure the first driver is the decision to banish Kevin up to the attic alone, rather than with Fuller (same scene as he says “I wish you were all dead”). It _could_ be the going to Paris, but the story wouldn’t happen as it does if Fuller were with him (as initially intended), which leads me to think it’s that solitary banishment that kicks everything off. Here’s where I think the drivers lie: - Kate banishes Kevin to the attic alone. - The Bandits select Kevin’s house as ‘the one’. - Gus Polinski decides to offer Kate a ride. - The Bandits decide to hit Kevin’s house, regardless. - Kevin decides not to tell anyone what happened. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/home-alone-analysis/1357)._