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Minister Dunn relates the truth as he would like people to see it.
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Every work of fiction with sufficient content carries within it the political views of the author, whether as a straight political commentary with an intended message, or as a simple story unintentionally affected by the author’s viewpoints. Everybody thinks about the world in a particular way, and these viewpoints are naturally expressed in the formulation of a story. It can be questioned if there is a political message in the Halo series, but I believe the subject is worth some analysis. After all, there are contemporary political issues portrayed in the story, and even if no statement is intended (unlikely, in my opinion) it still bears some looking into to see what the creators said when they told their story. It is at times nearly impossible to separate creator bias from literary depiction, and so I shall deal with both at the same time.
First of all, the humans are all living under the rule of the same government, or at least only the legitimate ones are. The countries of the world have all been absorbed into the United Nations, which became the Unified Earth Government. The UEG, despite being a conglomeration of numerous countries, is essentially American...
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Halo is the best game ever invented. At first I was pretty sure the game would suck. Now that I've played it I can't get enough of it. My friend introduced it to me once at his house. We defeated Halo 3 together. I couldn't believe the graphics. They were amazing. I loved the story and the three struggling powers. The UNSC are the ones who keep peace, the covenant wants to destroy the universe using the Halo ring, and the flood are an evil parasite that wants to infect everyone and turn them into squid like zombies. It really sparks the imagination of all that play the game. This isn't for sure, but a Halo movie is supposed to come out between 2011 and 2013. It was originally supposed to come out in 2008, but the director quit and Steven Spielberg recently picked it up. If this is true, I can't wait.
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Halo's AIs are often intelligent beings similar to humans. As such, we tend to anthropomorphize them to some degree, and it's often unclear how similar they really are to humans and how much they are computer programs that can't be considered in the same way as we would human people. One of the uncertain issues is the aspect of gender. Can an AI have a gender? If so, how is it defined?
First of all, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page about what gender is, as the word is often incorrectly used interchangeably with “sex.” A sex is a biological distinction referring to physical characteristics corresponding to specific roles in the practice of sexual reproduction, generally separated into the two categories male and female though some variances can occur. Sex is determined through genes present in sex chromosomes, which alter the formation of primary sex characteristics (sex organs). Secondary sex characteristics, which are distinctive traits unrelated to the reproductive system (i.e. fat distribution, ect.), are formed through levels of sex hormones estrogen and testosterone.
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