Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

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Fight Club 

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk 

- Pasco, Washington 1962

- Mobile Home

- Journalist, Author 

- 1966 - Fight Club

- 1999 - Fight Club Movie

- Transgessional Fiction 

What do you already know about the book or the movie Fight Club?

The Novel 

- Insomnia 

- Boring officer job 

- Support groups

- Tyler Durden - Alter ego

- Apartment explodes

- Fight Club

- Project Mayhem

Why is the 'Fight Club' made?

1. Because they are all good fighters
2. They search a way to feel alive and escape society
3. They hate everyone
4. They hate eachother so they fight and people join them

What is the second rule of the fight club?

Who was Tyler Durden and what were his beliefs

Why do you think people feel attracted to Fight Club?

Message, Tone, Themes

- Fight Club critiques consumerism, masculinity, and identity, showing self-destruction as both a rebellion and a trap.

- The tone is dark, critical, and sometimes funny in a harsh way. It is also violent and feels broken, showing the narrator’s troubled mind and a messed-up society.

Toxic Masculinity & Violence: Men seek purpose through destruction.

Mental Illness & Dissociation: The narrator creates Tyler to escape reality.

Self-Destruction as Liberation: Destruction is seen as freedom but leads to chaos

Book 

The ending: The protagonist fails to stop Project Mayhem and ends up in a mental hospital

Fight Clubs Growth: Fight Club stays small and underground for longer

Movie

The ending: Project Mayhem succeeded and the protagonist blows up his house, together with Marla

Fight Clubs Growth: It expands quickly into a nationwide movement

Literary Devices 

• Dystopian Novel
• Effect of/on
• Epistolary Novel 
• Existentialism 

Dystopian Novel

A dystopian novel is a story set in a world where society is unfair, harsh, or falling apart. It often shows a dark and troubling future.

Loss of Individuality – People are reduced to their jobs, possessions, and routines, without real purpose.

Is Fight Club a Dystopian Novel, why?

Effect of/on

The literary term "effect of/on" refers to how something affects or influences something else.

 

What is the effect of Fight Club on the narrator’s sense of identity and behavior?

Epistolary Novel

An epistolary novel is a type of story told through letters, diaries, or other forms of correspondence.

Fight Club isn't technically an epistolary novel, as it isn't told through letters or diary entries. 

However, it does share some similarities, as the narrator often reveals his thoughts and experiences in a reflective, confessional manner, almost like he's writing directly to the reader. The story is primarily written in a third-person narrative style, not through letters or other written forms of communication.

Existentialism

It is a philosophy that focuses on individual freedom and choice. It believes life has no inherent meaning, so people must create their own purpose. In literature, it explores themes like freedom, identity, and the struggle to find meaning in life.

An example of existentialism in Fight Club is the protagonist's struggle with finding meaning in his life. He feels trapped by consumerism and societal expectations, leading to his identity crisis and leading to the start of Fight Club.