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* {{Telepathy}}: Jon is able to read others' minds as well as [[SpeaksFluentAnimal animals]].

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* {{Telepathy}}: Jon PerfectPacifistPeople: Jon's world is able to read others' minds as well as [[SpeaksFluentAnimal animals]].an ideal utopia where violence is unknown.




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* ButNowIMustGo: Inverted. When [[spoiler: Jon's birth family come through the door to bring him back to their world]], the Beans are worried what will happen to them but tell him to go. [[spoiler: He insists on bringing them with him, so they don't have to be afraid of the government taking revenge on them and so they can see his peaceful world for themselves.]]

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''The Forgotten Door'' is a children's novel by Creator/AlexanderKey first published in 1965. Due to its inclusion in many elementary school required reading lists, the book has survived on mediocre popularity, and remains one of the few books by its author still in print.

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''The Forgotten Door'' is a children's novel by Creator/AlexanderKey first published in 1965. 1965.

Due to its inclusion in many elementary school required reading lists, the book has survived on mediocre popularity, and remains one of the few books by its author still in print.



Considering the state of the world in 1965, the book sends a clear message that the future, and we humans, can, and must, be better.









* LawfulGood: Deputy Anderson Bush is the "Law Before Good" flavor; his investigation of the theft of some items is what drives Jon to expose his telepathy to the world.


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* CapturedSuper-Entity: The government tries to make Jon into one.

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* GoodIsDumb: The Beans use Jon's telepathy to clear him of a charge of theft, without thinking that [[TheEndsJustifyTheMeans the government]] might [[OutOfTheFryingPan try to kidnap Jon for devious purposes.]] Earlier when Thomas asks if they should ask for advice Mary Bean only worries about reporters.

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* GoodIsDumb: The Beans use Jon's telepathy to clear him of a charge of theft, without thinking that [[TheEndsJustifyTheMeans [[TheEndJustifiesTheMeans the government]] might [[OutOfTheFryingPan try to kidnap Jon for devious purposes.]] Earlier when Thomas asks if they should ask for advice Mary Bean only worries about reporters.
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* CapturedSuper-Entity: The government tries to make Jon into one.
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* FluffyTamer: Jon manages to play with Rascal, the dog Thomas Bean had just about given up on taming.

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