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.