Any ideas for my Masters essay?

Hi, I just wanted to pick people's brains. My first Masters essay has to be loosely based on 9/11 and can be a mixture of films, fiction and non-fiction. I've read Falling Man, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Road, The Terror Dream and some critical work. I've watched World Trade Centre, 11'09'01, United 93 and Farenheit 93. I have some ideas but what do you think a good topic could be or other books/films you could recommend?

I was thinking maybe females with Falludi's Terror Dream and Backlash, Handmaid's Tale too?
Or the images of 9/11 and how it's dealt with? The Road? Falling Man?
Or struggling with identity? Falling Man?

Any ideas at all, even if just a book you've read, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Kate

I'm afraid I don't have any good ideas regarding this but I did just read a very disturbing and evocative short story that dealt with 9/11 (in a rather oblique slipstreamish sort of way as the author is a dark fantasist): 'The Goat Variations' in Jeff VanderMeer's collection, The Third Bear.

There's also a sequel of a kind that appeared in issue 9 of the the literary magazine, Black Clock, and is available (in a really badly formatted version) on Jeff VanderMeer's homepage: http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/06/01/fiction-the-goat-variations-redux-from-... You can find a much more readable version (same text, much better formatting) here: http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article7291-goat-variations-redux.aspx

Good luck with your essay!

Happy to recommend the stunning Incendiary by Chris Cleave. Good luck!

Thanks!! It all helps and is greatly appreciated x

Kate,
What topic did you pick? How did it turn out? Is it uploaded anywhere, like Academia.edu perhaps?
I'm late to the party, but it sounds like it would be a very interesting read, to say the very least.
Cheers,
Amy