The film version of the novel Fight Club is a complete success. It includes all aspects of the book that are essential to understanding the theme. Furthermore, the film does an excellent job of showing the inner struggle that the protagonist goes through with the presentation of the film. Fight Club the film is a direct representation of Fight Club the book.
Although there are many themes in Fight Club, the one that is predominantly evident is that every person has the power to make history. In the novel, the antagonist, Tyler, begins two groups called “Fight Club” and “Project Mayhem”. Both spread across the nation via Tyler and gain immense support. The film does an excellent job of portraying this especially with the development of “Project Mayhem”. With every scene that has some relativity to “Project Mayhem” the number of people involved becomes larger and larger. Furthermore, the film spends a great deal of time showing Tyler screaming orders at his supporters and pounding the idea into them that everyone has the power to make history. This gives the viewers a real sense of what life would have been like for those who supported “Project Mayhem” and allowed the viewers to really believe that every person has the power to make history, just as Tyler’s followers believed. Tyler had a great influence on his supporters which shows an indication that he made history in a sense because he changed the lives of thousands of his supporters across the nation.
In the novel Fight Club, the protagonist goes through a great inner struggle that is made clear with the film by allowing viewers to truly understand the mind of the protagonist. In the film, the viewers hear the commentary of the protagonist which represents his thoughts. In addition, the viewers can hear the tone of voice that the protagonist uses throughout this commentary which provides a great indication to how the protagonist is feeling in each given instant. The creators of the film also chose great ways in portraying the character Tyler, the alter ego of the protagonist. With every scene that the protagonist and Tyler are in, it would appear as if everyone else in the scene could see Tyler as well which left the impression that Tyler was a real person. This allowed the viewers to believe, as the protagonist believed that Tyler was a real person. In turn, the viewers can become confused at some points with the revelation that Tyler is the protagonist’s alter ego. However, this confusion is fully resolved in the end of the film in the same way as the novel. With the presentation of the film, the viewers are left with a strong impression of how the protagonist is feeling throughout the film allowing the viewers to fully comprehend the inner struggle that the protagonist goes through.
The underlining things that must be understood about the novel Fight Club are the theme, and the inner struggle of the protagonist through the development of the novel. The film version of Fight Club was able to fully demonstrate theses traits of the book which made the film a magnificent success.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
FIGHT CLUB COMPLETE ESSAY
Fight Club As A Whole
Fight Club, written by Chuck Palahniuk is a story told through violence and pain. Throughout the novel, this violence and pain is used to display the most important aspect of the novel, the theme. The theme is explained by the setting, plot development and the inner struggle that the protagonist experiences through the duration of the novel.
Although the novel Fight Club has many underlining themes there is one that is predominantly evident. As made clear by the antagonist, Tyler Durden, every person has the power to make history.
At the beginning of the novel, Tyler begins his quest for violence. This quest begins small but slowly escalates into chaotic mass of pain. He begins with the creation of “Fight Club”. As time progresses; he yearns for more power which leads him to the creation of “Project Mayhem”. This new group acts as a force that wreaks havoc on the city and takes the violence seen at “Fight Club” to a whole new level. Within a short period of time, Tyler and his followers begin murdering innocent people and as this continues, Tyler only gains more and more support. With this support, “Fight Club” and “Project Mayhem” spread across the nation.
Tyler makes it clear to his followers that they must obey his command and that they are part of a great cause. He pounds these ideas into their minds until these ideas are all that they know. However, Tyler makes the idea that everyone has the power to make history especially clear. Tyler both verbally and physically shows his followers that this is possible. He shows them verbally by speaking it to them, but physically by taking his ideas and making them understood on a global perspective through “Project Mayhem”.
Throughout time, a single man or women has had the power to make many differences in the world. For example, Napoleon, Hitler and Gandhi were each only one man but found the power to create great. The novel Fight Club displayed this idea through the timeline of Tyler’s quest for violence and showed that every person has the power to make history, just like Tyler.
In the novel Fight Club the protagonist is a nameless narrator who is explains the story of his experiences. He is an average man of average height and body size in his mid-thirties. He has a complex mind and goes through a great inner struggle through the development of the novel
The narrator of this novel is an intelligent man who over thinks many situations. Throughout the novel, the thoughts of the narrator are revealed and it is made clear that the narrator shows a great amount of negative thought towards almost all aspects of the world through his sarcasm and cynicism. From his dissatisfaction with life, the narrator is depressed.
The depression of the narrator is crucial in understanding the journey that he goes through from the beginning of the story to the end. The narrator is bored with his life, and because of this, his mind creates an alter ego. This alter ego takes control of the narrator’s mind and body and has experiences that the narrator would have never dreamed of. He is the polar opposite of the narrator. Since this alter ego is the opposite of the narrator, and the narrator is generally a good member of society, the alter ego is quite villainous and tries to wreak havoc on the city that they live in. The narrator’s alter ego acts as the force against him. Thus the protagonist is his own antagonist.
Since the protagonist of this novel is also in a way the antagonist, he undergoes a great inner struggle as to which personality will win for full control of him. The most important thing the narrator must do to take back full control is to truly understand what is going on. It takes a great amount of time for him to understand that the man terrorizing the city is really his alter ego. Once he has this he realization, he decides that he must kill himself in order to truly destroy the threat to society that is his alter ego. In this suicide attempt his alter ego believes that both the narrator and the alter ego have died so the alter ego is destroyed creating the resolution of conflict in the novel.
Somehow the narrator survives his suicide attempt and has a new understanding of the world. Through his journey in the novel, he learns that what led him to the creation of his alter ego was the monotony of his life. From his experience he learns that he must appreciate his life and not allow it to slip into the rut of sameness that it was at the start of the novel.
The journey that the narrator of Fight Club takes is one that leads him from monotony to happiness. He does this through the inner struggle he goes through with his alter ego. This leads him to understanding what is truly important in life.
The novel Fight Club is based on an internal struggle within one man. The development of the plot is the key to understanding the book.
The novel begins with this nameless narrator. He wakes up, goes to the same job, and has the same experiences every day. He is unsatisfied with life which leads him to develop insomnia. The antidote to this is going to support groups for people with terminal illness and listening to their issues. This drowns away the monotony of his life but there is another person who attends these meetings for the same reason named Marla Singer who disgusts and ruins the experience for him.
The narrator meets a man named Tyler Durden, and they become close and begin a group called “Fight Club” where men come to fight and release their aggression. The narrator finds his sanctum within “Fight club” and can again sleep. Tyler begins to have sex with a woman who disgusts the narrator. This woman is Marla. However the narrator starts having dreams that he is having sex with Marla. (Is this part an essential aspect of the plot?)
Tyler wants power and begins a group called “Project Mayhem”. He recruits members of “Fight Club” and creates army of people under his control which spreads across the nation. However when the narrator finds that people are calling him sir and Mr. Durden which confuses him. Consequently, he realizes that Tyler Durden is his alter ego and that he has been living as the narrator sleeps. The narrator is terrified but decides Tyler must die and decides to shoot himself in the head. Tyler believes that he is dead so his presence in the narrator’s mind is lost but somehow the narrator survives.
The development of the plot in the novel Fight Club is crucial in understanding the inner struggle the narrator experiences.
The book Fight Club is primarily set in the modern city somewhere in the United States where the narrator lives. However, when the events of this book happen holds much more importance than where they occur.
Fight Club takes place over approximately three to four months and is set in modern time. The places within the city that the book mostly takes place are at “Fight Club” in the basement of a bar, at the house that Tyler lives in, and in the streets of the city. Although the places in which the novel takes place are important, when they happen is crucial because of the fact that the narrator has two personalities. One of these is himself and has full control during the day, and the other is Tyler Durden, who takes action during the night while the narrator is said to be sleeping. Therefore, it is important for the reader to pay close attention to what time of day it is in the novel while reading. For example if it is mid-day, then the narrator is awake and has full control over his mind. Thus if Tyler is a scene during the day, then he is a hallucination of the narrator, but if the narrator is said to be sleeping which is usually at night, then Tyler has full control and can reek havoc on the city. This creates a dark association with night in the novel that becomes more intense as the plot develops. This creates suspense and anticipation for the upcoming events.
From the beginning of the novel, Fight Club indulges in feelings of darkness and suspense. As the plot unfolds, it becomes apparent that the time in which events are happening is crucial in understanding the novel and only adds to the feelings of darkness and suspense.
The world of Fight Club is filled with violence and pain. These violent experiences cause the protagonist to go through a great inner struggle through the duration of the novel. His journey through the events and places in this book teaches him the underlining theme behind the story that every person has the power to make history.
Fight Club, written by Chuck Palahniuk is a story told through violence and pain. Throughout the novel, this violence and pain is used to display the most important aspect of the novel, the theme. The theme is explained by the setting, plot development and the inner struggle that the protagonist experiences through the duration of the novel.
Although the novel Fight Club has many underlining themes there is one that is predominantly evident. As made clear by the antagonist, Tyler Durden, every person has the power to make history.
At the beginning of the novel, Tyler begins his quest for violence. This quest begins small but slowly escalates into chaotic mass of pain. He begins with the creation of “Fight Club”. As time progresses; he yearns for more power which leads him to the creation of “Project Mayhem”. This new group acts as a force that wreaks havoc on the city and takes the violence seen at “Fight Club” to a whole new level. Within a short period of time, Tyler and his followers begin murdering innocent people and as this continues, Tyler only gains more and more support. With this support, “Fight Club” and “Project Mayhem” spread across the nation.
Tyler makes it clear to his followers that they must obey his command and that they are part of a great cause. He pounds these ideas into their minds until these ideas are all that they know. However, Tyler makes the idea that everyone has the power to make history especially clear. Tyler both verbally and physically shows his followers that this is possible. He shows them verbally by speaking it to them, but physically by taking his ideas and making them understood on a global perspective through “Project Mayhem”.
Throughout time, a single man or women has had the power to make many differences in the world. For example, Napoleon, Hitler and Gandhi were each only one man but found the power to create great. The novel Fight Club displayed this idea through the timeline of Tyler’s quest for violence and showed that every person has the power to make history, just like Tyler.
In the novel Fight Club the protagonist is a nameless narrator who is explains the story of his experiences. He is an average man of average height and body size in his mid-thirties. He has a complex mind and goes through a great inner struggle through the development of the novel
The narrator of this novel is an intelligent man who over thinks many situations. Throughout the novel, the thoughts of the narrator are revealed and it is made clear that the narrator shows a great amount of negative thought towards almost all aspects of the world through his sarcasm and cynicism. From his dissatisfaction with life, the narrator is depressed.
The depression of the narrator is crucial in understanding the journey that he goes through from the beginning of the story to the end. The narrator is bored with his life, and because of this, his mind creates an alter ego. This alter ego takes control of the narrator’s mind and body and has experiences that the narrator would have never dreamed of. He is the polar opposite of the narrator. Since this alter ego is the opposite of the narrator, and the narrator is generally a good member of society, the alter ego is quite villainous and tries to wreak havoc on the city that they live in. The narrator’s alter ego acts as the force against him. Thus the protagonist is his own antagonist.
Since the protagonist of this novel is also in a way the antagonist, he undergoes a great inner struggle as to which personality will win for full control of him. The most important thing the narrator must do to take back full control is to truly understand what is going on. It takes a great amount of time for him to understand that the man terrorizing the city is really his alter ego. Once he has this he realization, he decides that he must kill himself in order to truly destroy the threat to society that is his alter ego. In this suicide attempt his alter ego believes that both the narrator and the alter ego have died so the alter ego is destroyed creating the resolution of conflict in the novel.
Somehow the narrator survives his suicide attempt and has a new understanding of the world. Through his journey in the novel, he learns that what led him to the creation of his alter ego was the monotony of his life. From his experience he learns that he must appreciate his life and not allow it to slip into the rut of sameness that it was at the start of the novel.
The journey that the narrator of Fight Club takes is one that leads him from monotony to happiness. He does this through the inner struggle he goes through with his alter ego. This leads him to understanding what is truly important in life.
The novel Fight Club is based on an internal struggle within one man. The development of the plot is the key to understanding the book.
The novel begins with this nameless narrator. He wakes up, goes to the same job, and has the same experiences every day. He is unsatisfied with life which leads him to develop insomnia. The antidote to this is going to support groups for people with terminal illness and listening to their issues. This drowns away the monotony of his life but there is another person who attends these meetings for the same reason named Marla Singer who disgusts and ruins the experience for him.
The narrator meets a man named Tyler Durden, and they become close and begin a group called “Fight Club” where men come to fight and release their aggression. The narrator finds his sanctum within “Fight club” and can again sleep. Tyler begins to have sex with a woman who disgusts the narrator. This woman is Marla. However the narrator starts having dreams that he is having sex with Marla. (Is this part an essential aspect of the plot?)
Tyler wants power and begins a group called “Project Mayhem”. He recruits members of “Fight Club” and creates army of people under his control which spreads across the nation. However when the narrator finds that people are calling him sir and Mr. Durden which confuses him. Consequently, he realizes that Tyler Durden is his alter ego and that he has been living as the narrator sleeps. The narrator is terrified but decides Tyler must die and decides to shoot himself in the head. Tyler believes that he is dead so his presence in the narrator’s mind is lost but somehow the narrator survives.
The development of the plot in the novel Fight Club is crucial in understanding the inner struggle the narrator experiences.
The book Fight Club is primarily set in the modern city somewhere in the United States where the narrator lives. However, when the events of this book happen holds much more importance than where they occur.
Fight Club takes place over approximately three to four months and is set in modern time. The places within the city that the book mostly takes place are at “Fight Club” in the basement of a bar, at the house that Tyler lives in, and in the streets of the city. Although the places in which the novel takes place are important, when they happen is crucial because of the fact that the narrator has two personalities. One of these is himself and has full control during the day, and the other is Tyler Durden, who takes action during the night while the narrator is said to be sleeping. Therefore, it is important for the reader to pay close attention to what time of day it is in the novel while reading. For example if it is mid-day, then the narrator is awake and has full control over his mind. Thus if Tyler is a scene during the day, then he is a hallucination of the narrator, but if the narrator is said to be sleeping which is usually at night, then Tyler has full control and can reek havoc on the city. This creates a dark association with night in the novel that becomes more intense as the plot develops. This creates suspense and anticipation for the upcoming events.
From the beginning of the novel, Fight Club indulges in feelings of darkness and suspense. As the plot unfolds, it becomes apparent that the time in which events are happening is crucial in understanding the novel and only adds to the feelings of darkness and suspense.
The world of Fight Club is filled with violence and pain. These violent experiences cause the protagonist to go through a great inner struggle through the duration of the novel. His journey through the events and places in this book teaches him the underlining theme behind the story that every person has the power to make history.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Entry 10
Plot and Setting
The narrator begins walking down the street to "get rid of Tyler" and then he remembers everything. Everything Tyler has done and is planning, the narrator remembers it. Seeing as how the narrator does know this somewhere in his mind he should be able to understand it. He knows these things because Tyler knows these things.
The narrator realizes that Tyler loves Marla, but so does he. Thus they both love Marla. The narrator realizes that Tyler was create4d because when the narrator met Marla a part of him loved her so he had to createa version of himself that she could fall in love with. Then the narrator goes to a fight club around the corner and gets beaten to a bloody pulp because he lets the other guys win. The narrator wakes up to Tylers voice yelling at him to get up and go somewhere so he does. The next moment they are at the top of a building and Tyler has a gun in the narrator's mouth. This is where the book begins.
Then Marla comes there with everyone from the support groups and tells the narrator not to kill himself because to them it looks as though the narrator is holding the gun. Marla tells him that she has feelings for him, real feelings. The narrator says that he isn't killing himself, he is killing Tyler, he pulls the trigger.
The narrator isn't dead, but Tyler is dead. The narrator sits in a hospital bed with a hole in the side of his face where the bullet had left. the narrator reads his letters from Marla and smiles and a man with a black eye walks into his room and says "We miss you Mr. Durden".
Character
In the last segment of this novel we finally find out the lasting factor that has linked Tyler and the narrator and that is that they both love Marla Singer. They both have fallen in love with her and but only the narrator wants to be with her. We see the true change in Marla's character because she actually tries to save the narrator and tells him her true feelings which shows she has come a long way from her cold-hearted cynicism from the beginning of the book. In this we see the journey that both the narrator and Marla have come so that they can finally be together. Their characters have seemed to develop throughout this entire novel only to lead to each other.
Theme
In this novel, the narrator began with his life in a rut. He had no direction and subconsciously hated his life. Thus his mind created an imaginary person to completely change his life. In turn, this imaginary person was him. I believe the theme of this novel to be the power the human mind has to allow the person it controls to live it's "rightful path". As the narrator was living a life that was wrong for himself, his mind took control of his life and set it in a new direction. This says that the mind has somewhat of a consciousness that it's possessor is unaware of. Therefor the subconscious is really where the true power of the mind lies.
The narrator begins walking down the street to "get rid of Tyler" and then he remembers everything. Everything Tyler has done and is planning, the narrator remembers it. Seeing as how the narrator does know this somewhere in his mind he should be able to understand it. He knows these things because Tyler knows these things.
The narrator realizes that Tyler loves Marla, but so does he. Thus they both love Marla. The narrator realizes that Tyler was create4d because when the narrator met Marla a part of him loved her so he had to createa version of himself that she could fall in love with. Then the narrator goes to a fight club around the corner and gets beaten to a bloody pulp because he lets the other guys win. The narrator wakes up to Tylers voice yelling at him to get up and go somewhere so he does. The next moment they are at the top of a building and Tyler has a gun in the narrator's mouth. This is where the book begins.
Then Marla comes there with everyone from the support groups and tells the narrator not to kill himself because to them it looks as though the narrator is holding the gun. Marla tells him that she has feelings for him, real feelings. The narrator says that he isn't killing himself, he is killing Tyler, he pulls the trigger.
The narrator isn't dead, but Tyler is dead. The narrator sits in a hospital bed with a hole in the side of his face where the bullet had left. the narrator reads his letters from Marla and smiles and a man with a black eye walks into his room and says "We miss you Mr. Durden".
Character
In the last segment of this novel we finally find out the lasting factor that has linked Tyler and the narrator and that is that they both love Marla Singer. They both have fallen in love with her and but only the narrator wants to be with her. We see the true change in Marla's character because she actually tries to save the narrator and tells him her true feelings which shows she has come a long way from her cold-hearted cynicism from the beginning of the book. In this we see the journey that both the narrator and Marla have come so that they can finally be together. Their characters have seemed to develop throughout this entire novel only to lead to each other.
Theme
In this novel, the narrator began with his life in a rut. He had no direction and subconsciously hated his life. Thus his mind created an imaginary person to completely change his life. In turn, this imaginary person was him. I believe the theme of this novel to be the power the human mind has to allow the person it controls to live it's "rightful path". As the narrator was living a life that was wrong for himself, his mind took control of his life and set it in a new direction. This says that the mind has somewhat of a consciousness that it's possessor is unaware of. Therefor the subconscious is really where the true power of the mind lies.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Entry 9
Plot and Setting
The narrator is with Marla in a hotel and they are talking at 4:00 am. The next moment the narrator remembers is being at his work finding out that his boss is dead. He finds out that it was Tyler who killed his boss. Thus the narrator killed his own boss. He is now wanted for murder but there are members of Project Mayhem within the police which complicates things. The narrator is more worried about Project Mayhem who he has been hiding from but is everywhere. They are keeping tabs on him.
Then the narrator ends up running into members of Project Mayhem who corner him. He tries to act as Tyler and tell them to leave but they tell him that he told them that they must do this no matter what he says. They try to castrate him.
Then the narrator calls Marla and tells her to meet her where they first met. He needs to talk to her. They both meet at one of the groups that they both used to attend for cancer. Marla, with a black eye goes up to the narrator and slaps him for what he has done. The narrator doesn't know why but Marla tells him that she saw him shoot a man at a hotel, but she really saw Tyler shoot a man. The narrator tries to explain to Marla the truth but she doesn't understand. He tells her how he feels about her and tells her to watch her back for members of Project Mayhem and that he is going to take care of Tyler Durden.
Character
We now know the truth that the narrator does truly have feelings for Marla and cares for her deeply. This is shows that he has come a long way from the hatred he had for her when he met her. Furthermore, at the end of this portion of the novel we see the heroic side of the narrator. Up until now, he has remain somewhat passive and deferential but now that he is finally taking action to "take care" of Tyler, we see this new side of him. A side full of passion and courage to get what he wants. This in a way represents Tyler's attitude which makes sense because to destroy Tyler, the narrator will have to think like Tyler.
Theme
A new theme that I believe has become evident in this book is the level of difference in someones personality that is given off and what is truly lies deep within. When Tyler met Marla he HATED her. He couldn't stand her but now he truly cares about her. She gave off a passive attitude that showed she cared about no one but once the narrator started to truly understand her, he showed her compassion which allowed her to show him what was within herself under all the grief and cynicism. From seeing this, the narrator has fallen in love with her and she has fallen in love with him. I think the author is trying to explain something about love in this idea which is that love hides in the strangest of places within the strangest of people. It is not easily found and must be achieved through the true understanding of another human being.
The narrator is with Marla in a hotel and they are talking at 4:00 am. The next moment the narrator remembers is being at his work finding out that his boss is dead. He finds out that it was Tyler who killed his boss. Thus the narrator killed his own boss. He is now wanted for murder but there are members of Project Mayhem within the police which complicates things. The narrator is more worried about Project Mayhem who he has been hiding from but is everywhere. They are keeping tabs on him.
Then the narrator ends up running into members of Project Mayhem who corner him. He tries to act as Tyler and tell them to leave but they tell him that he told them that they must do this no matter what he says. They try to castrate him.
Then the narrator calls Marla and tells her to meet her where they first met. He needs to talk to her. They both meet at one of the groups that they both used to attend for cancer. Marla, with a black eye goes up to the narrator and slaps him for what he has done. The narrator doesn't know why but Marla tells him that she saw him shoot a man at a hotel, but she really saw Tyler shoot a man. The narrator tries to explain to Marla the truth but she doesn't understand. He tells her how he feels about her and tells her to watch her back for members of Project Mayhem and that he is going to take care of Tyler Durden.
Character
We now know the truth that the narrator does truly have feelings for Marla and cares for her deeply. This is shows that he has come a long way from the hatred he had for her when he met her. Furthermore, at the end of this portion of the novel we see the heroic side of the narrator. Up until now, he has remain somewhat passive and deferential but now that he is finally taking action to "take care" of Tyler, we see this new side of him. A side full of passion and courage to get what he wants. This in a way represents Tyler's attitude which makes sense because to destroy Tyler, the narrator will have to think like Tyler.
Theme
A new theme that I believe has become evident in this book is the level of difference in someones personality that is given off and what is truly lies deep within. When Tyler met Marla he HATED her. He couldn't stand her but now he truly cares about her. She gave off a passive attitude that showed she cared about no one but once the narrator started to truly understand her, he showed her compassion which allowed her to show him what was within herself under all the grief and cynicism. From seeing this, the narrator has fallen in love with her and she has fallen in love with him. I think the author is trying to explain something about love in this idea which is that love hides in the strangest of places within the strangest of people. It is not easily found and must be achieved through the true understanding of another human being.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Entry 8
Plot and Setting
This entry of the book was not that jam packed with events other than one scene with the narrator and Tyler. Tyler and the narrator begin a conversation where the truth is finally revealed. Tyler reveals to the narrator what has really been going on and why people think that the narrator is Tyler. This is because Tyler and the narrator are the same person.
When the narrator goes to sleep, Tyler takes full control. The longer the narrator is asleep, the longer Tyler has full control. In moments where the narrator have together, the narrator is only imagining Tyler's presence. This explains why the narrator is always tired and that is because he NEVER sleeps. When he thinks he is sleeping, he is roaming the streets causing mayhem.
Tyler then explains that Project Mayhem and Fight Club are one now, and that they are bigger than ever before. They are everywhere across the country and Tyler has full control. The Tyler inside the narrator is making history like he said he could.
The narrator tells Marla to stay with him always.
Character
The only characters in this section that we encounter is Tyler and the narrator. However the tables have turned because now these two characters have become one character. This then means that this one character that is the narrator has been developing in two different ways and still continues to. Other than discovering that these two characters are the same, we don't learn any new information about them.
This changes the relationship of Marla and the narrator because before they Tyler and the narrator made up the balance of a relationship with Marla but now the narrator and Tyler are the same which means that the relationship of the narrator and Marla is a real relationship which seems to really be developing. Marla and the narrator need each other.
Theme
The brain has more power over the human mind than anything else in the universe. As stated earlier the mind can hide many things from itself and and do fantastic things. The narrator is horrified by the fact that he has not slept for months because his alter ego has been living during the night. Even though he has not slept, his brain has hidden this fact from him and allowed him to continue to live without driving him to insanity. This makes me wonder if humans even really need sleep to stay sane? Maybe the mind only tells us that we need sleep but really it is not needed. However, even though the narrator is not insane he has developed an alter ego. Therefore what this book is trying to tell us is that the mind is a mystery.
This entry of the book was not that jam packed with events other than one scene with the narrator and Tyler. Tyler and the narrator begin a conversation where the truth is finally revealed. Tyler reveals to the narrator what has really been going on and why people think that the narrator is Tyler. This is because Tyler and the narrator are the same person.
When the narrator goes to sleep, Tyler takes full control. The longer the narrator is asleep, the longer Tyler has full control. In moments where the narrator have together, the narrator is only imagining Tyler's presence. This explains why the narrator is always tired and that is because he NEVER sleeps. When he thinks he is sleeping, he is roaming the streets causing mayhem.
Tyler then explains that Project Mayhem and Fight Club are one now, and that they are bigger than ever before. They are everywhere across the country and Tyler has full control. The Tyler inside the narrator is making history like he said he could.
The narrator tells Marla to stay with him always.
Character
The only characters in this section that we encounter is Tyler and the narrator. However the tables have turned because now these two characters have become one character. This then means that this one character that is the narrator has been developing in two different ways and still continues to. Other than discovering that these two characters are the same, we don't learn any new information about them.
This changes the relationship of Marla and the narrator because before they Tyler and the narrator made up the balance of a relationship with Marla but now the narrator and Tyler are the same which means that the relationship of the narrator and Marla is a real relationship which seems to really be developing. Marla and the narrator need each other.
Theme
The brain has more power over the human mind than anything else in the universe. As stated earlier the mind can hide many things from itself and and do fantastic things. The narrator is horrified by the fact that he has not slept for months because his alter ego has been living during the night. Even though he has not slept, his brain has hidden this fact from him and allowed him to continue to live without driving him to insanity. This makes me wonder if humans even really need sleep to stay sane? Maybe the mind only tells us that we need sleep but really it is not needed. However, even though the narrator is not insane he has developed an alter ego. Therefore what this book is trying to tell us is that the mind is a mystery.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Entry 7
Plot and Setting
Even though the narrator is no longer working, he still occasionally flies out to different cities to do the minimal amount of work possible to still get paid. However everywhere he goes, someone knows him. Everywhere he visits he sees bruised and broken men who have obviously been to Fight Club and they continuously call him sir. Then it seems as if everywhere he visits, these people act as if he has just been there but the narrator is confused as to why because he was just on a plane and couldn't have just been there...
Eventually the narrator asks one of the men who recognizes him and asks him why he knows him and the bruised man replies with " You were just here yesterday Mr. Durden." He asks the man why he is calling him Tyler Durden because that is not his name and the man asks if this is a test. The narrator doesn't understand this because how could they mistake him for Tyler, but how then he doesn't understand how Tyler could have gone to all the same places that the narrator was going to be. He is very confused.
The narrator has a strange idea so he calls Marla and asks her if the two of them have ever had sex. She asks if he is on drugs and begins to get angry with his strange behavior. He asks again and again until she finally answers with YES they have had sex. the narrator is bewildered and has no reaction.
Character
In this section of the book, we are only involved with the character of the narrator who is becoming to seem more and more insane. The only thing that he seems to be able make out of all these events is that him and Tyler are the same person but how can that be? Tyler and the narrator have fought one another at fight club. However there has never been a time when Tyler and the narrator have been in the same place at the same time, both interacting with one person, for example when Marla continues to enter and re-enter the room and Tyler keeps disappearing. The only logical thing that can be understood is that the narrator has two personalities. One being himself that we know and the other being TYLER DURDEN. This makes sense when we refer back to my comment about how I stated that Tyler and the narrator balance each other out because they are so different. This makes total sense because they would both be different halves of the narrator's personalities.
Theme
The only evidence of a theme in this chapter is the power of the human mind. It is awesome in it's abilities to hide things from itself which shows how easy practically anyone could be completely insane and remain completely oblivious to the fact. As the narrator demonstrates both his personalities of both the people inside him, he remains completely oblivious to the fact that they are the same person. If the mind can play tricks on us that easily, how can we ever be sure of anything? I could murder someone tonight when I go to sleep and I wouldn't even know it.
Even though the narrator is no longer working, he still occasionally flies out to different cities to do the minimal amount of work possible to still get paid. However everywhere he goes, someone knows him. Everywhere he visits he sees bruised and broken men who have obviously been to Fight Club and they continuously call him sir. Then it seems as if everywhere he visits, these people act as if he has just been there but the narrator is confused as to why because he was just on a plane and couldn't have just been there...
Eventually the narrator asks one of the men who recognizes him and asks him why he knows him and the bruised man replies with " You were just here yesterday Mr. Durden." He asks the man why he is calling him Tyler Durden because that is not his name and the man asks if this is a test. The narrator doesn't understand this because how could they mistake him for Tyler, but how then he doesn't understand how Tyler could have gone to all the same places that the narrator was going to be. He is very confused.
The narrator has a strange idea so he calls Marla and asks her if the two of them have ever had sex. She asks if he is on drugs and begins to get angry with his strange behavior. He asks again and again until she finally answers with YES they have had sex. the narrator is bewildered and has no reaction.
Character
In this section of the book, we are only involved with the character of the narrator who is becoming to seem more and more insane. The only thing that he seems to be able make out of all these events is that him and Tyler are the same person but how can that be? Tyler and the narrator have fought one another at fight club. However there has never been a time when Tyler and the narrator have been in the same place at the same time, both interacting with one person, for example when Marla continues to enter and re-enter the room and Tyler keeps disappearing. The only logical thing that can be understood is that the narrator has two personalities. One being himself that we know and the other being TYLER DURDEN. This makes sense when we refer back to my comment about how I stated that Tyler and the narrator balance each other out because they are so different. This makes total sense because they would both be different halves of the narrator's personalities.
Theme
The only evidence of a theme in this chapter is the power of the human mind. It is awesome in it's abilities to hide things from itself which shows how easy practically anyone could be completely insane and remain completely oblivious to the fact. As the narrator demonstrates both his personalities of both the people inside him, he remains completely oblivious to the fact that they are the same person. If the mind can play tricks on us that easily, how can we ever be sure of anything? I could murder someone tonight when I go to sleep and I wouldn't even know it.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Entry 6
Plot and Setting
There is no longer one Fight Club but many. While Tyler has been out of the picture, he has been starting Fight Clubs everywhere. He has now also created a new group called "Operation Mayhem". This is a group of people who basically terrorize society. One of their first tasks was to light a fire on a building in the shape of a pumpkin. Tyler's main theme of Project Mayhem is that "Anyone has the power to make history"
At Fight Club the narrator unleashed more fury than ever before. He saw a young man who he named Angel Face in his mind because he was a very good looking young man. He felt that on that night, he wanted to destroy something beautiful so he did. He fought this young man and beat him to a bloody pulp so bad he barely had a face left.
Project Mayhem is located at Tyler's house where the members have begun to live and do work for Tyler. They have become like drones listening to every word Tyler says. Days after the narrator destroyed the face of Angel Face, he shows up at Tyler's to become a member of Project Mayhem. They tell him he is too young and to go home but he stands at the door for three days until they let him join. Soon after, Big Bob is waiting at their doorstep hoping he too can join Project Mayhem.
Marla and the narrator now go on walks every night together. Their relationship is becoming deeper but the only thing that seems to bring them together is the absence of Tyler. Tyler has been gone for a while longer than he usually is.
Character
The people who have joined Project Mayhem began as normal but are now like drones. Even Big Bog who was lovable at the start of the book has become brain washed by Tyler's antics. The only person who seems to be unaffected by Tyler's brain washing is the narrator who seems to be able to do whatever he wants even if it does break the rules of Fight Club or project Mayhem.
Tyler has been gone more and more frequently but that is only bringing Marla and the narrator closer. Marla's character is actually starting to become barable as she starts to really open up to the narrator. However both of them are heart broken because of Tyler's absence.
Theme
Tyler said that "Anyone has the power to make history". This is an important idea because in our society many people believe that they cannot make a difference because they are only one person and don't know how only one person could ever change the world. I believe that the author is trying to tell the readers something in this statement because throughout this book Tyler has been making a big difference. It started out small when he first started Fight Club, but now there are starting to be more and more fight clubs everywhere. Furthermore, Project Mayhem is actually starting to have a direct impact on the city that it is in and it is likely that Porject Mayhem will spread everywhere just like Fight Club did. The actions of Tyler are becoming more and more global all the time which is exactly what he is trying to teach to those in Project Mayhem. Like many others in our history, Tyler is making history and is only one person. Throughout time a single man or women has been able to make many differences. For example, Hitler, Napoleon, and Ghandi were all only one man each but made a huge impact on our history. Anyone has the power to make history all by themselves.
There is no longer one Fight Club but many. While Tyler has been out of the picture, he has been starting Fight Clubs everywhere. He has now also created a new group called "Operation Mayhem". This is a group of people who basically terrorize society. One of their first tasks was to light a fire on a building in the shape of a pumpkin. Tyler's main theme of Project Mayhem is that "Anyone has the power to make history"
At Fight Club the narrator unleashed more fury than ever before. He saw a young man who he named Angel Face in his mind because he was a very good looking young man. He felt that on that night, he wanted to destroy something beautiful so he did. He fought this young man and beat him to a bloody pulp so bad he barely had a face left.
Project Mayhem is located at Tyler's house where the members have begun to live and do work for Tyler. They have become like drones listening to every word Tyler says. Days after the narrator destroyed the face of Angel Face, he shows up at Tyler's to become a member of Project Mayhem. They tell him he is too young and to go home but he stands at the door for three days until they let him join. Soon after, Big Bob is waiting at their doorstep hoping he too can join Project Mayhem.
Marla and the narrator now go on walks every night together. Their relationship is becoming deeper but the only thing that seems to bring them together is the absence of Tyler. Tyler has been gone for a while longer than he usually is.
Character
The people who have joined Project Mayhem began as normal but are now like drones. Even Big Bog who was lovable at the start of the book has become brain washed by Tyler's antics. The only person who seems to be unaffected by Tyler's brain washing is the narrator who seems to be able to do whatever he wants even if it does break the rules of Fight Club or project Mayhem.
Tyler has been gone more and more frequently but that is only bringing Marla and the narrator closer. Marla's character is actually starting to become barable as she starts to really open up to the narrator. However both of them are heart broken because of Tyler's absence.
Theme
Tyler said that "Anyone has the power to make history". This is an important idea because in our society many people believe that they cannot make a difference because they are only one person and don't know how only one person could ever change the world. I believe that the author is trying to tell the readers something in this statement because throughout this book Tyler has been making a big difference. It started out small when he first started Fight Club, but now there are starting to be more and more fight clubs everywhere. Furthermore, Project Mayhem is actually starting to have a direct impact on the city that it is in and it is likely that Porject Mayhem will spread everywhere just like Fight Club did. The actions of Tyler are becoming more and more global all the time which is exactly what he is trying to teach to those in Project Mayhem. Like many others in our history, Tyler is making history and is only one person. Throughout time a single man or women has been able to make many differences. For example, Hitler, Napoleon, and Ghandi were all only one man each but made a huge impact on our history. Anyone has the power to make history all by themselves.
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