Black Wind Study Questions & Topics for Discussion

Black Wind Topics for Discussion

Pulp fiction heroes were popular between the 1930's and 1950's. Today's heroes are quite different from the pulp fiction heroes of that era, but there are some pulp fiction heroes that are popular today. Dirk Pitt is one of them, and Indiana Jones is another. What are the qualities of a pulp fiction hero; and how do pulp fiction heroes differ from other kinds of heroes?

The book has one climax, but that climax could be subdivided into three parts: The success of the launch, the survival of the hero, and the balance of justice. How would people react if the story only had the first two parts of the climax and missed the sense of justice? What other stories or movies have this idea of justice? Who decides what correct justice in fiction should be?

Because it is part of a series and the series' main character is aging,...
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