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Originally Posted by iansales  Why only post 9/11? what criteria have you set that excludes earlier acts of terrorism? |
I'm not excluding earlier acts of terrorism, my reasons are simply due to the previous content of my dissertation/thesis, and how i have layed it out (if that makes any sense..). in my four previous chapters, i have chronologically covered science fiction from the turn of the century up until now, looking at early sci fi writings (hence HG wells etc in previous topics), World War II, The Atomic Age and The Space Age (including modern technology) respectively. i am also going over my allocated word quota on some subjects, so to cover previous terrorism (a subject that doesn't seem to have affected science fiction as much as the previous subjects) would seem a bit of a waste.
I suggested to my tutor that my final chapter looks at 9/11 and the war on terror, as it is a major world event. They eagerly approved, hence why i would like to focus on this subject. Hope that makes sense!
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The rebels in Star Wars series were clearly terrorists, who committed their own 9/11 in blowing up the Death Star. One question you could explore is whether Star Wars could be made today, given the political climate, or whether the themes are too close to home.
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lol that’s a good way of looking at it!
Terrorists can think they are freedom fighters, and the antagonists of the freedom fighters may believe the freedom fighters to be terrorists.