How the three little pigs came to star in Independence Day

This thesis examines how early human stories were about disasters and how they ultimately evolved into today's disaster movie through the influence of European fairy tales. These films are today's fairy tales and are a reflection of how we, as a society, react to the world around us and they show us how to respond in dire circumstances. The research has added to the knowledge about genre and filled a gap in the literature, utilising a jigsaw methodology approach that can help other researchers when faced with scant research material in an area.