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.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Entry 5
Plot and Setting
This portion of the novel begins with the narrator on his way to Marla's house because she called him and was in distress so he thought he would check up on her. He goes to her and finds he laying on her bed in a robe and tells the narrator that she has found a lump on her breast but wanted a second opinion. She removes her clothes and brings the narrator's hand to her breast and he feels around with discomfort. He finds it. He is scared to tell her what he has found because she is rather depressed and cynical at the moment but he tells her. To make her laugh he tells her a story of how he once had a wart on his penis that he had to have removed.
Marla admits that this isn't actually the first lump she has found. She found some before and learned that they were cancerous which was when she began going to support groups. Other peoples death made her feel better about the death growing inside of her.
Tyler and the narrator are beginning to become more and more similar. They both seems to have the same attitude of being deferential towards everything. They both want Fight Club to be every night of the week and for there to be more Fight Clubs. Tyler thought of an idea of how they could do this. The narrator goes to his boss from the hotel that he works at and admits to him that he was been tainting the food. His boss tells him that he is going to be fired, but then the narrator begins to hit him self in the face. He begins to violently punch himself and starts screaming as if it were his boss that were doing the hitting. Within minutes the security guards walked in with the narrator bloodied with no one to take the blame but his boss. The narrator lost his job but isn't pressing charges on his ex-boss in exchange for full pay without going to work. This gave Tyler and the narrator the time and money for more Fight Club.
Character
We have begun to see some kind of connection between the narrator and Marla. Even thought he has hatred for her he seems to tend to her when she is in need which shows he does care for her. She loves to annoy him but always seems to enjoy his company no matter how much they seem to dislike one another. I almost seems as if Tyler and Marla have a sexual aspect of their relationship and the narrator and Marla have the emotional aspect of a relationship. It is almost as if Marla is with both Tyler and the narrator at the same time getting different things from each of them.
We also really start to see new similarities between Tyler and the narrator. They began so different from each other and now they seem to inch closer to almost being the same person. Even their injuries from Fight Club are the same. The thing that brings them closer is Fight Club which both of them revolve their lives around. Although we learn more about the narrator, Tyler has been very dormant in the recent events of the novel and has not really been involved in the events that are going on but is always mentioned by the narrator.
Marla is actually a real person with actual feelings! Up until now I thought she was just a piece of trash but it seems she lives a life of garbage because she is scared of death which has lead her to not care about many aspects of her life or the feelings of others.
Theme
A new theme that has shown to have a great role in this book is the influence of death. Marla lives her life in chaos because she is scared of the death that grows inside her all the time and we know that Marla will play a major role in how the narrator gets to where he was at the start of the book which is to found out through further readings. Furthermore the narrator lived his life around death because of the support groups he used to attend because the pain and death of those people somehow allowed him to sleep at night. Then because of this influence of death Marla and the narrator both attended these meetings which lead to their meeting. However, remember that the narrator said "It all began when I met Marla" so we know how important death really is in this novel.
This portion of the novel begins with the narrator on his way to Marla's house because she called him and was in distress so he thought he would check up on her. He goes to her and finds he laying on her bed in a robe and tells the narrator that she has found a lump on her breast but wanted a second opinion. She removes her clothes and brings the narrator's hand to her breast and he feels around with discomfort. He finds it. He is scared to tell her what he has found because she is rather depressed and cynical at the moment but he tells her. To make her laugh he tells her a story of how he once had a wart on his penis that he had to have removed.
Marla admits that this isn't actually the first lump she has found. She found some before and learned that they were cancerous which was when she began going to support groups. Other peoples death made her feel better about the death growing inside of her.
Tyler and the narrator are beginning to become more and more similar. They both seems to have the same attitude of being deferential towards everything. They both want Fight Club to be every night of the week and for there to be more Fight Clubs. Tyler thought of an idea of how they could do this. The narrator goes to his boss from the hotel that he works at and admits to him that he was been tainting the food. His boss tells him that he is going to be fired, but then the narrator begins to hit him self in the face. He begins to violently punch himself and starts screaming as if it were his boss that were doing the hitting. Within minutes the security guards walked in with the narrator bloodied with no one to take the blame but his boss. The narrator lost his job but isn't pressing charges on his ex-boss in exchange for full pay without going to work. This gave Tyler and the narrator the time and money for more Fight Club.
Character
We have begun to see some kind of connection between the narrator and Marla. Even thought he has hatred for her he seems to tend to her when she is in need which shows he does care for her. She loves to annoy him but always seems to enjoy his company no matter how much they seem to dislike one another. I almost seems as if Tyler and Marla have a sexual aspect of their relationship and the narrator and Marla have the emotional aspect of a relationship. It is almost as if Marla is with both Tyler and the narrator at the same time getting different things from each of them.
We also really start to see new similarities between Tyler and the narrator. They began so different from each other and now they seem to inch closer to almost being the same person. Even their injuries from Fight Club are the same. The thing that brings them closer is Fight Club which both of them revolve their lives around. Although we learn more about the narrator, Tyler has been very dormant in the recent events of the novel and has not really been involved in the events that are going on but is always mentioned by the narrator.
Marla is actually a real person with actual feelings! Up until now I thought she was just a piece of trash but it seems she lives a life of garbage because she is scared of death which has lead her to not care about many aspects of her life or the feelings of others.
Theme
A new theme that has shown to have a great role in this book is the influence of death. Marla lives her life in chaos because she is scared of the death that grows inside her all the time and we know that Marla will play a major role in how the narrator gets to where he was at the start of the book which is to found out through further readings. Furthermore the narrator lived his life around death because of the support groups he used to attend because the pain and death of those people somehow allowed him to sleep at night. Then because of this influence of death Marla and the narrator both attended these meetings which lead to their meeting. However, remember that the narrator said "It all began when I met Marla" so we know how important death really is in this novel.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Entry 4
Plot and Setting
Tyler never seems to be in the same room as Marla. Even thought their sex life is very active, they never seem to be together in the same room. The narrator begins to notice this in this part of the novel. Marla walks into the kitchen while the narrator is also in the room but when she leaves, Tyler appears in the room. Suddenly she comes back into the room and Tyler has now vanished. Marla walks up to the narrator and speaks in a sexy voice and grabs his crotch which surprises him. She finally leaves and Tyler asks the narrator to NEVER talk to Marla about him. He says that if he does that it will mean the end of everything. He makes the narrator promise this.
Later, Tyler inflicts an intense chemical burn on the narrator. He says that before he can be reborn, he must hit rock bottom and this pain is like rock bottom. Tyler kisses the narrator's hand and and then pours a chemical on his hand that leaves a massive burn in the shape of Tyler's lips.
Tyler gets the narrator hired as a waiter where he works and together they begin to sabotage people food by rubbing their genitals in their soup or spitting in their meals before the customers eat them making them completely oblivious.
The narrator goes back to one of his support groups for the first time in a long time and speaks to Bob. Bob tells him about this new group he has began to attend called "Fight Club". The narrator is slightly shocked by this remark and pretends as though he isn't already a member of Fight Club.
Character
As this novel progresses we really begin to see the balance between Tyler and the narrator. Tyler is wild and takes risks while the narrator is quite secluded and passive. However Tyler is beginning to taint the narrators good morals because as Tyler influences him, he slowly becomes more and more like Tyler in his risky behavior. We also begin to see the potential insanity of the narrator. He seems quite sane really, but gives the impression that if pushed too far could lose all sanity completely. In general Bob's character is the same but I sense that he will play a larger role in the plot in the upcoming chapters.
Theme
In our society today we view violence as barbaric. However in this novel, the violence used helps those who use it. By going to Fight Club, these men are able to cope with the problems they have in their lives, for example for the narrator, going to Fight Club helps him sleep at night. It takes all the jumbled thoughts in his brain and straightens them out. I find it ironic that something seen as so horrible in our society works so well in this novel. Although it is only a story, maybe it is trying to teach us that humans must rely on their animal-like nature at times to live life to the fullest and by hiding it away and sheltering it, the human mind only suffers.
Tyler never seems to be in the same room as Marla. Even thought their sex life is very active, they never seem to be together in the same room. The narrator begins to notice this in this part of the novel. Marla walks into the kitchen while the narrator is also in the room but when she leaves, Tyler appears in the room. Suddenly she comes back into the room and Tyler has now vanished. Marla walks up to the narrator and speaks in a sexy voice and grabs his crotch which surprises him. She finally leaves and Tyler asks the narrator to NEVER talk to Marla about him. He says that if he does that it will mean the end of everything. He makes the narrator promise this.
Later, Tyler inflicts an intense chemical burn on the narrator. He says that before he can be reborn, he must hit rock bottom and this pain is like rock bottom. Tyler kisses the narrator's hand and and then pours a chemical on his hand that leaves a massive burn in the shape of Tyler's lips.
Tyler gets the narrator hired as a waiter where he works and together they begin to sabotage people food by rubbing their genitals in their soup or spitting in their meals before the customers eat them making them completely oblivious.
The narrator goes back to one of his support groups for the first time in a long time and speaks to Bob. Bob tells him about this new group he has began to attend called "Fight Club". The narrator is slightly shocked by this remark and pretends as though he isn't already a member of Fight Club.
Character
As this novel progresses we really begin to see the balance between Tyler and the narrator. Tyler is wild and takes risks while the narrator is quite secluded and passive. However Tyler is beginning to taint the narrators good morals because as Tyler influences him, he slowly becomes more and more like Tyler in his risky behavior. We also begin to see the potential insanity of the narrator. He seems quite sane really, but gives the impression that if pushed too far could lose all sanity completely. In general Bob's character is the same but I sense that he will play a larger role in the plot in the upcoming chapters.
Theme
In our society today we view violence as barbaric. However in this novel, the violence used helps those who use it. By going to Fight Club, these men are able to cope with the problems they have in their lives, for example for the narrator, going to Fight Club helps him sleep at night. It takes all the jumbled thoughts in his brain and straightens them out. I find it ironic that something seen as so horrible in our society works so well in this novel. Although it is only a story, maybe it is trying to teach us that humans must rely on their animal-like nature at times to live life to the fullest and by hiding it away and sheltering it, the human mind only suffers.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Entry 3
Plot and Setting
When the narrator arrives at his home from a flight, he goes to his apartment only to realize at has been burned because there was an explosion from inside. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. He calls Tyler who says he can stay with him. They go to a bar and get really drunk and Tyler tells the narrator to hit him as hard as he can so he does. This is the first event that lead to the creation of "Fight Club"
As they fought at a bar, other men saw them. This would then escalate to the group called "Fight Club" which meets every week consists of men fighting. There are rules to Fight Club
1. You don't talk about Fight Club
2. You don't talk about Fight Club
3. Two men per fight
4. One fight at a time
5. No shoes, no shirts in the fight
6. The fights go on as long as they have to
Coincidentally, a month after the narrator moved in with Tyler, Tyler brings a new girl home who the narrator meets in the morning. During his sleep, he had a dream that he was having sex with Marla Singer. The women he met in the morning happened to be no one other than Marla Singer. This horrifies the narrator. Marla and Tyler begin to see each other very often simply to have sex and every time they do, the narrator has the same dream of himself having sex with Marla which disgusts him. The narrator begins feel jealous of the time he can no longer spend with Tyler.
Character
Marla has only proven herself to me more strange in this section of the book. She seems to want to hunt down the narrator wherever he goes and doesn't seem to leave him alone. It's almost as if she is trying to do whatever it takes to be in his life, but that doesn't explain why she would become so involved with Tyler. We see a new side of the narrator as he becomes more frustrated by Marla because she is stealing Tyler away from him and starts to show his jealous side of his personality.
Theme
The novel hasn't really given much more information that could relate to the themes of the book. However i predict that Marla is going to have a great deal of importance in the outcome of this book. I feel as though she seems like an annoyance in the book now but will have a major influence with the later events in the novel which could drastically change the novel.
Additional Notes
As of right now I am really interested with Marla's character. There is something about her that is just so odd and luring to me. When i read about her actions i simply want to kill her because she is so immoral and almost evil, but I almost feel sorry for her low life self.
When the narrator arrives at his home from a flight, he goes to his apartment only to realize at has been burned because there was an explosion from inside. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. He calls Tyler who says he can stay with him. They go to a bar and get really drunk and Tyler tells the narrator to hit him as hard as he can so he does. This is the first event that lead to the creation of "Fight Club"
As they fought at a bar, other men saw them. This would then escalate to the group called "Fight Club" which meets every week consists of men fighting. There are rules to Fight Club
1. You don't talk about Fight Club
2. You don't talk about Fight Club
3. Two men per fight
4. One fight at a time
5. No shoes, no shirts in the fight
6. The fights go on as long as they have to
Coincidentally, a month after the narrator moved in with Tyler, Tyler brings a new girl home who the narrator meets in the morning. During his sleep, he had a dream that he was having sex with Marla Singer. The women he met in the morning happened to be no one other than Marla Singer. This horrifies the narrator. Marla and Tyler begin to see each other very often simply to have sex and every time they do, the narrator has the same dream of himself having sex with Marla which disgusts him. The narrator begins feel jealous of the time he can no longer spend with Tyler.
Character
Marla has only proven herself to me more strange in this section of the book. She seems to want to hunt down the narrator wherever he goes and doesn't seem to leave him alone. It's almost as if she is trying to do whatever it takes to be in his life, but that doesn't explain why she would become so involved with Tyler. We see a new side of the narrator as he becomes more frustrated by Marla because she is stealing Tyler away from him and starts to show his jealous side of his personality.
Theme
The novel hasn't really given much more information that could relate to the themes of the book. However i predict that Marla is going to have a great deal of importance in the outcome of this book. I feel as though she seems like an annoyance in the book now but will have a major influence with the later events in the novel which could drastically change the novel.
Additional Notes
As of right now I am really interested with Marla's character. There is something about her that is just so odd and luring to me. When i read about her actions i simply want to kill her because she is so immoral and almost evil, but I almost feel sorry for her low life self.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Entry 2
Plot and Setting
In this section of the book the main character is still remembering how he has gotten to his initial place at the start of the story which is very close to death. We learn of how the main character met Tyler Durden. He was at a nude beach and saw Tyler. Tyler asked him what time it was, and the narrator said it was 4:06pm.Then, Tyler and the main character began to talk which would escalate into their friendship. That is how the main character met Tyler. Later, the narrator speaks to Marla at a meeting of his. They decide that they will begin to divide the groups between the two of them so that they both can go to the groups without seeing each other. However, Marla does not take to easily to having to share. She says that she wants all the groups. The cancers, the parasites, the diseases, everything! In the end she forks over a few groups and they find a compromise. We finally learn that Marla goes to these groups to help her to feel better about herself because she can see at how horrible other people's lives are.
Character
Marla seems to be an interesting character. She is described to be this ugly women with despicable morals with an attitude problem. With each chapter she develops more and more and I am starting to sense that she holds great importance as the narrator had said "it all started when i met Marla."
Tyler also is developing more. He seems to be a little odd in his remarks and choices. However he is very bold and unique. I'm not quite sure what direction his character will go so further reading will help to know for certain.
Theme
Although it is quite difficult to be sure, I think that a theme that will develop in this book will be the impact that people can have upon other peoples lives. From where the narrator is in the start of the novel seems very different from where he brings us back to from his past. I think that this is foreshadowing the journey that Marla and Tyler will take the protagonist on to completely and forever change his life.
Additional Notes
I am really enjoying the descriptions in this novel and the way the author puts us inside the mind of the narrator. I feel as though I am the narrator at points which really entices me to read more.
In this section of the book the main character is still remembering how he has gotten to his initial place at the start of the story which is very close to death. We learn of how the main character met Tyler Durden. He was at a nude beach and saw Tyler. Tyler asked him what time it was, and the narrator said it was 4:06pm.Then, Tyler and the main character began to talk which would escalate into their friendship. That is how the main character met Tyler. Later, the narrator speaks to Marla at a meeting of his. They decide that they will begin to divide the groups between the two of them so that they both can go to the groups without seeing each other. However, Marla does not take to easily to having to share. She says that she wants all the groups. The cancers, the parasites, the diseases, everything! In the end she forks over a few groups and they find a compromise. We finally learn that Marla goes to these groups to help her to feel better about herself because she can see at how horrible other people's lives are.
Character
Marla seems to be an interesting character. She is described to be this ugly women with despicable morals with an attitude problem. With each chapter she develops more and more and I am starting to sense that she holds great importance as the narrator had said "it all started when i met Marla."
Tyler also is developing more. He seems to be a little odd in his remarks and choices. However he is very bold and unique. I'm not quite sure what direction his character will go so further reading will help to know for certain.
Theme
Although it is quite difficult to be sure, I think that a theme that will develop in this book will be the impact that people can have upon other peoples lives. From where the narrator is in the start of the novel seems very different from where he brings us back to from his past. I think that this is foreshadowing the journey that Marla and Tyler will take the protagonist on to completely and forever change his life.
Additional Notes
I am really enjoying the descriptions in this novel and the way the author puts us inside the mind of the narrator. I feel as though I am the narrator at points which really entices me to read more.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Entry 1
Plot and Setting
In the first two chapters of this novel, the narrator is experiencing being tied up to a chair with a gun in his mouth by a man he supposedly knows quite well named Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden taught him everything he knows about how to make lethal bombs and is a "good friend". The narrator is counting down the minutes but to what he is counting down to has not been revealed. As he sits with the barrel of a gun in his mouth he ponders back to the moment he believes instigated a series of events that has got him where he is now. It was all because of a women named Marla Singer.
The narrator had undergone insomnia for quite some time until his doctor recommended that he go to a group to listen. This group was for people dying of terminal illness. After this experience he wanted to go to listen to more groups and found the solution to his problems. When he went to these groups, he would listen to the people's problems, and cry. He would cry until there were no more tears, and when he could cry, he slept like a baby. These meetings became like an addiction to him but the day Marla began going to these groups things changed.
The moment she walked into the room and took a drag of her cigarette, he knew she was a FAKE just like he was. Up until now, the protagonist has been attending these meetings pretending to also be terminally ill. When Marla was watching, he couldn't cry which meant he couldn't sleep. This was a problem for him.
Character
We have only been introduced to four characters so far. The narrator who remains nameless who has insomnia for quite a while and seems to be a little border-line insane. He shows that he once had trust in his friend Tyler who currently has put a gun in the narrator's mouth. Tyler has been introduced but we know nothing about him other than what he is doing at the moment and that he knows a lot about how to make lethal explosives. We have also met Marla and Bob. Bob is a member of the protagonist's weekly group for those with testicular cancer. Bob has had his testicles removed and has had large treatments of testosterone which has resulted in him gaining huge amounts of weight. He has been divorced three times and is very depressed. Marla as I have explained is a "FAKE" who is ugly and seems to enjoy her smoking. She attends all the same groups as the main character and has shown to be slightly rood in her comments. Other the points above, little has been stated about the characters in the opening chapters of this book.
Theme
In the two opening chapters, we learn very little about the true contents and theme of this book which makes it difficult to depict what will happen in the future of this novel. There is not enough information in these two chapters to explain such information and I will need to continue reading before before I can identify anything.
Additional Notes
So far this novel seems pretty interesting but is a little confusing. I am excited to continue reading to find out what will unfold in the future of the book.
In the first two chapters of this novel, the narrator is experiencing being tied up to a chair with a gun in his mouth by a man he supposedly knows quite well named Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden taught him everything he knows about how to make lethal bombs and is a "good friend". The narrator is counting down the minutes but to what he is counting down to has not been revealed. As he sits with the barrel of a gun in his mouth he ponders back to the moment he believes instigated a series of events that has got him where he is now. It was all because of a women named Marla Singer.
The narrator had undergone insomnia for quite some time until his doctor recommended that he go to a group to listen. This group was for people dying of terminal illness. After this experience he wanted to go to listen to more groups and found the solution to his problems. When he went to these groups, he would listen to the people's problems, and cry. He would cry until there were no more tears, and when he could cry, he slept like a baby. These meetings became like an addiction to him but the day Marla began going to these groups things changed.
The moment she walked into the room and took a drag of her cigarette, he knew she was a FAKE just like he was. Up until now, the protagonist has been attending these meetings pretending to also be terminally ill. When Marla was watching, he couldn't cry which meant he couldn't sleep. This was a problem for him.
Character
We have only been introduced to four characters so far. The narrator who remains nameless who has insomnia for quite a while and seems to be a little border-line insane. He shows that he once had trust in his friend Tyler who currently has put a gun in the narrator's mouth. Tyler has been introduced but we know nothing about him other than what he is doing at the moment and that he knows a lot about how to make lethal explosives. We have also met Marla and Bob. Bob is a member of the protagonist's weekly group for those with testicular cancer. Bob has had his testicles removed and has had large treatments of testosterone which has resulted in him gaining huge amounts of weight. He has been divorced three times and is very depressed. Marla as I have explained is a "FAKE" who is ugly and seems to enjoy her smoking. She attends all the same groups as the main character and has shown to be slightly rood in her comments. Other the points above, little has been stated about the characters in the opening chapters of this book.
Theme
In the two opening chapters, we learn very little about the true contents and theme of this book which makes it difficult to depict what will happen in the future of this novel. There is not enough information in these two chapters to explain such information and I will need to continue reading before before I can identify anything.
Additional Notes
So far this novel seems pretty interesting but is a little confusing. I am excited to continue reading to find out what will unfold in the future of the book.
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