My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.
“It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.”
“In fact, the Iraqi foreign minister admitted in March 2003 that Iraqi funds were sent to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who attacked and killed innocent Israeli citizens, and also 12 Americans in Israel in 2003.”