This is part 2. Read part 1!
In the end, Sarah Conner strikes the final blow and
defeats the Terminator. Of course, without Kyle Reese this would have been
impossible. But the fact still remains that Kyle, by himself, would have
failed. What does this mean?
Well, on one level, not much. Considering the events
of the story as events, Sarah had to destroy the Terminator because Kyle wasn’t
around to do it. That’s just how it went down. But, the fact of this event at the climax of the story can tell us something
about what is being presented as a whole and the central role that Sarah Conner
plays in it.
