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Political Thinking POL 161

Political Thinking POL 161. Erik Rankin Fight Club 93-147. Fight Club 93-147. Chapter 13 Marla calls the narrator (or does she?) She calls the narrator because he is neutral in her book Marla is afraid that she has a lump under her arm (is she afraid of death?)

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Political Thinking POL 161

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  1. Political ThinkingPOL 161 Erik Rankin Fight Club 93-147

  2. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 13 • Marla calls the narrator (or does she?) • She calls the narrator because he is neutral in her book • Marla is afraid that she has a lump under her arm (is she afraid of death?) • Story of the narrators birth mark • The narrator wants to make her feel better • Marla has the kiss scar too, what? • Husband and his fetish (bottom of p.97)

  3. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 14 • Why did Marla begin to attend support groups? • Peoples attention when your dying • Marla’s philosophy of life (pg.99) • Police officer calls to discuss the condo accident • Tyler talking during the phone call • What was the narrators response?

  4. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 15 • Tyler gets canned…from the union • Narrator gets canned from the Pressman • Don’t think of it as rejection….(pg.104) • What do they do about this? • Narrator (self), Tyler (1on1) • With a bank roll, what are they able to do now? • What word does the narrator use to describe himself during his Pressman firing?

  5. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 16 • What did the Mischief Committee do to begin the Project Mayhem story arc? • Project Mayhem has rules too, what are they? • Support groups, with a Durden twist • What is the Assault Committees assignment? • Why? • They are also instructed to buy something • The narrator v. angel face • ….and I was in the mood to destroy something beautiful. (p.114) • How did Project Mayhem begin? • What is the goal of Project Mayhem?

  6. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 17 • Discussion of admittance to space monkey training • How does one get admitted? • What do they bring? Any significance? • Narrator is told to carry $500 • Everyone knows what is going on but the narrator, why? • Narrator interrogates Bob to find out where Tyler has been, Bob responds? • Narrator and Marla begin decent walks and talks around the house on Paper St. • Tyler was never home, but…. (p. 125) • The Space Monkey reading • Narrator is sad because he has been dumped • No one knows what Tyler looks like, why?

  7. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 18 • Narrator is asleep at work, slipping from the dream world (interesting quote on p.129) • Narrator is sure he is going to get fired • The mechanic and 3 space monkeys are waiting for him in a Cadillac, Tyler calls to inform him • I get in. We start driving. (huh) • Where’s Tyler? • The Mechanic’s speech (who is this?) • This is all Tyler Durden Dogma • Who made up the new rules • How and why is fight club run the way it is?

  8. Fight Club 93-147 • You are not your… • What do you wish you’d done before you died? • What does the narrator answer? • Bumper Stickers • The narrator eventually changes his wish, what happens? • What is the Narrator compared to Tyler • Why does he feel this way?

  9. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 19 • “You had a near life experience” • What was the point of the mechanics tirade? • The mechanic speaks again, what does he say? • This is a very important speech on p.141 • Pure Tyler Durden • Did the narrator mean what he said about his job? • Why is this important? • The space monkeys are hunting for something creamy, why?

  10. Fight Club 93-147 • Chapter 20 • What did the mechanic say the narrators homework was? • Raymond K. Hessel • Who is he? How old? • Where does he work? • What does the narrator do to him? • Raymond is going to die tonight, does he? (Think outside the box here) • What does Raymond K. Hessel want to be? • What does the narrator force him to do? How? • End section on p. 147, This is what Tyler wants me to do…(to the bottom of the page)

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