Fight Club Thoughts

When we were first handed Fight Club for some reason, I had this thought that is was all about the dark world of drugs. As I have read on, although I have only read about 50 pages, I have found that that does not seem to be it at all. At this stage in the reading I am still undecided as to whether or not I like this novel but it is intriguing. I like how even though the book seems to be choppy and kind of all over the place, that it all comes together at the same time. I like how the author uses the different "therapy" groups to put points across. The description about every feeling that he gets is great. I love how the description of getting hugged by Bob makes you feel like you are watching a small person just get totally engrossed into another person through a bear hug. Also, around Marla, I like how the awkwardness that is felt through the characters is sent to the reader. I think this book will be an interesting one to read and once I get more into it and really get hooked on the story, I think it will be one I will not want to stop. I have heard from many this book is one you will not want to set down so I look forward to getting to the point in the reading.

Fight Club

Although I haven't gotten all that far into Fight Club, I've gotta say so far I'm really enjoying it. The style and content are both completely different than any other books I've had in an English class, and the change is refreshing. The scattered prose and collage of scenes occurring simultaneously make it slightly bewildering but much more interesting. After a few pages, the ADD format ceases to confuse as the reader learns to simply go along with it. Its a weird book to be sure, but actually very insightful. I haven't seen the movie and have no idea where its going , but I think it will be an enjoyable ride.

Fight Club

In terms of an exestentialist novel I would say that The Plauge is the better novel; however, as far as accesability goes I would say that Fight Club is an eaisier book. unlike Camus's novel Palahniuk's novel is less of a slog through the evnets. This book is much faster paced however i like The plauge better

Human Buttwipe

This novel is famous for several different reasons. It can be seen as an anti cultural, anti aMerican rampage. It could be taken for pure enjoyment. It is a very entertaining book. Or some look at it as an existentialist feel good novel about freedom. It is not a pure and beautiful freedom, but is that possible with the human condition? Is our ultimate freedom created by unteathering our selves of material bonds? Violence is a fundamental human condition. It is what is most base in our nervous systems. Reflexes, anger, and the willingness to resort to violence show what is most animal in ourselves. But what is our true enlightenment? The satisfaction of our most basic instincts from the base of the brain. Or the mastery of the frontal cortex and all the things that make us human and the rest "animal."
I like this book. For some people it will allow them to think of the world in a different way than they ever had before. Others may not be able to stomach it. But like a Pollack or perhaps a Monet, some can take in the big picture, and use it to trigger their own thoughts, while others would rather nit pick and complain about how messy or gross it is. It is all up to the interpreter, you. (Palahniuk is not a Pollack or Monet)

Fight Club

I think this is going to be one of the best books I've ever read. I like the way it's written, I love the way words are used. I think it's very interesting how every single character needs to "challenge" life and to feel free, first through the support groups and then fighting. The author was able to make the reader want to read more and more because the story is so different, so strange, and written in such an unusual way that you always want to know what comes next.
Probably my favorite quote so far is "losing all hope was freedom". Everybody defines 'freedom' in their own way but I think there's one thing that makes freedom the same for everyone: hope. If you hope, it means that you're still attached to something, it means that something is missing; that makes you dependent; that brings you to spend your time waiting, thinking about whatever it is that you want and you don't have. Once you lose hope, you're free, you can fully enjoy your life without feeling like it's incomplete anymore, you can live.
I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the book. I want to know what comes next!

Human buttwipe

Fight Club (WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

I can't stand this novel.
Before you all jump down my throat, allow me to explain my reasoning behind it.
Let's begin with the basic structure of the book. While it moved along (albeit sluggishly) at an okay pace, the writing was absolutely atrocious. His sentences were long run-ons punctuated by commas in the wrong places and incomplete sentences. While run-ons and incomplete sentences are good in moderation (in the correct places, they add flavor to one's writing), all it did in this case was start and stop the book like a funky car clunking along on the wrong kind of fuel. Maybe part of the point was to make the narrative seem like a stream of consciousness. These are as difficult to understand as a language you only know a few words in: a writer's conscious stream is completely his/her own. Unless there's context, there is no way to understand it. And no, it wasn't even saved in the end by the explanation that Tyler and the narrator were halves of the same person. Even towards the end, it seemed like the author had dropped a bomb in the middle of his words, leaving them scattered in chaos.
Speaking of chaos, what is up with the message of the book? Is there even a message? I hate feeling so judgemental, but come on: the message I got out of the whole thing was that life is pointless unless you chase death. Through chaos comes clarity. Through sin comes salvation.
Uh, can you say depressing? How counterproductive is it to self-destruct in the hopes that your life will make more sense? How is it that ruining your life - or ruining the life of others - makes it that much more precious and meaningful? The world is not meant to be seen that way. People aren't meant to see the world that way. Such negative thoughts make the journey each of us must go on pointless in nature.
I agree with Gandhi on this one: Everything you do in your life will be meaningless. But it's very important that you do it.
So there.