Kleinsasser, Joe. "Pearl Harbor, 9/11 Attacks Have Similarities, Differences - Wichita State News." Pearl Harbor, 9/11 Attacks Have Similarities, Differences - Wichita State News. Wichita State University, 6 Sept. 2011. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1564
In this podcast, Joe Kleinsasser discusses how "For a generation of younger Americans, the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are the equivalent of Pearl Harbor." Some similarities between the two attacks are that they were both unprovoked, without declaration of war, and that they shocked the public immensely. In the aftermath of both attacks, there was also major restructuring of the government and widespread fear that something like that would happen again. He also discusses some major differences like the fact that Pearl Harbor was government supported and 9/11 was not. Pearl Harbor was also aimed at military targets while 9/11 was aimed at civilians. Both attacks led America into war.
I think this article gives me a great main idea for Inquiry 2. Although it doesn't talk about the movie Pearl Harbor in this article, part of the reason critics didn't receive the movie very well is because it wasn't serious enough about the horror and mayhem that took place during the actual attacks on Pearl Harbor. This was a major event that affected Americans in a way that those who weren't there to experience it would never be able to understand. Events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 affect people on an extreme emotional level and when making films are made about them, there is almost a guarantee of back lash.
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1564
In this podcast, Joe Kleinsasser discusses how "For a generation of younger Americans, the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are the equivalent of Pearl Harbor." Some similarities between the two attacks are that they were both unprovoked, without declaration of war, and that they shocked the public immensely. In the aftermath of both attacks, there was also major restructuring of the government and widespread fear that something like that would happen again. He also discusses some major differences like the fact that Pearl Harbor was government supported and 9/11 was not. Pearl Harbor was also aimed at military targets while 9/11 was aimed at civilians. Both attacks led America into war.
I think this article gives me a great main idea for Inquiry 2. Although it doesn't talk about the movie Pearl Harbor in this article, part of the reason critics didn't receive the movie very well is because it wasn't serious enough about the horror and mayhem that took place during the actual attacks on Pearl Harbor. This was a major event that affected Americans in a way that those who weren't there to experience it would never be able to understand. Events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 affect people on an extreme emotional level and when making films are made about them, there is almost a guarantee of back lash.