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.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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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