As a result of a lot of family issues, I've been letting this go for a couple of weeks (my aunt is better, maybe, and my uncle is not-- they decided his heart wasn't in good enough shape for spinal surgery), but I've been keeping up with the work otherwise. My annotated bibliography looked good to me; I just hope that it looks good when it's graded. I finished revising my review of scholarly literature on the political thriller genre (just in time: it's due today), so here I am to talk about what I've found.
It seems that the crucial element that defines the genre is the presence of a conspiracy. This is what puts Divergent into the same category as The Manchurian Candidate and Enemy of the State. What makes it less obvious to a casual viewer is the presence of kids. In those films, a single innocent person somehow stumbles upon a conspiracy to overthrow an elected leadership and has to survive numerous attacks while trying to take the whole thing apart. It's probably needless to point out that this innocent person is usually an adult (and male).
And, I just thought of another difference, but I'll save that for my next post.
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