This class being focused around how this single incident, and how it changed the way people write forever is very interesting. This almost seems very close to the point that was being made in "The Mercy Seat". Now, I believe there is a larger observation that must be made in this situation or a question of sorts. Why has writing changed? Is it because someone saw an opportunity in this incident and it will help book sales down the road because someone is wrting on a very controversial issue, or do these authors actually have some place for the victims in their heart and they want people to be very aware of how this happened and came about in the first place. they also have to ask themseleves what will this do to minority communities in the U.S.? Will it cause racially motivated attacks or discrimination? I truly believe that this subject needs to be discussed and written about, but as a part of history so the future generations are educated and do not make the same mistakes we have. I know this is a hard subject because even if you did not know someone who died that day, you knew someone who lost a friend, a realative, a brother/sister, or a parent. It just does not got any easier and it shouldn't be.
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I missed this post but I want to write a quick reply now. You wrote: "It just does not got any easier [to talk about 9/11] and it shouldn't be" I might agree with you but honestly, history is not agreeing. It seems that time does make things easier to talk about. And there seems to be a point when even the most awful of circumstances become fodder for comedy.
But even before that--think about all the politicians and "entrepreneurs" who have used 9/11 as a rallying cry for whatever point they want to make (invasion of foreign countries, protection of U.S. soil, home protection sales, racist diatribes, etc, etc). Both major parties when the US has used 9/11 to get votes; how does this make 9/11 "easier" to talk about?
Point being: Labute is on to something, in my opinion when he makes 9/11 into an individual experience instead of a national one--I think he is writing about things that people are doing....
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