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Political Thinking POL 161

Political Thinking POL 161. Erik Rankin FC- 30-64. Fight Club pg. 30-64. Chapter V The narrators talks about something that was vibrating in his suitcase Numerous interactions with the task force guy that discusses what it could be

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Political Thinking POL 161

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  1. Political ThinkingPOL 161 Erik Rankin FC- 30-64

  2. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Chapter V • The narrators talks about something that was vibrating in his suitcase • Numerous interactions with the task force guy that discusses what it could be • He returns home to see that his yuppie high rise condo has been destroyed • He talks about all the possessions he lost

  3. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Over and over the narrator talks about his various pieces of furniture and name brand belongings • You get the sense that he is attached to the consumer nature of each item • He refers to it as the IKEA nesting instinct • “And I wasn’t the only slave to my nesting instinct. The people I know who used to sit in the bathroom with pornography, now they sit in the bathroom with their IKEA furniture catalogue”

  4. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • “Oh not my refrigerator. I’d collected shelves full of different mustards, some stone-ground, some English pub style. There were fourteen different flavors of fat free salad dressing, and seven kinds of capers” • “I know, I know, a house full of condiments and no real food.” • This speaks volumes for the narrators character, lots of stuff but no substance • He calls Tyler and moves in, after they get drunk at a bar • On one condition “I want you to hit me as hard as you can”

  5. Fight Club pg. 34-85 • Chapter VI • Narrator goes to work with his freshly pummeled face • We are introduced to the rules of Fight Club but we still don’t know what Fight Club is • 1st Rule – You do not talk about Fight Club • 2nd Rule – You do not talk about Fight Club • 3rd Rule- When someone says stop, or goes limp, even if he is just faking it the fight is over • Other rules- 2 guys to a fight, one fight at a time, no shirts or shoes, fight goes as long as it has to

  6. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Narrator’s true job title is revealed- recall campaign coordinator • “After a night in fight club, everything in the real world gets the volume turned down. Nothing can piss you off. Your word is law, and if other people break that law or question you, even that doesn’t piss you off” • What is the obsession with dying pure and clean (no scars)?

  7. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • “Maybe self-improvement isn’t the answer. Maybe self-destruction is the answer.” • Does this seem like a change in ideology? • Fight Club began as Tyler and the Narrator and has quickly grown to a large number of men • “What you see at Fight Club is a generation of men raised by women” • Description of what a man is on p.42 • Is this the physical ideal of man?

  8. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Narrator after a particularly brutal fight has to go to the hospital • “Sometimes, Tyler speaks for me” • Page 43 we see the theme of self destruction appearing again • Why is self destruction difficult to accept in a liberal democracy? (or a capitalist society) • Fighting becomes an outlet for both the narrator and Tyler

  9. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Chapter VII • Tyler meets Marla • Define their relationship? How does the narrator feel about this? • Description of the house on Paper St. • Marla calls the narrator and she attempts suicide • The narrator ignores her and Tyler goes to rescue her instead • I am Joe’s…….Who is Joe (or Jack) • Narrator blames himself for Marla and Tyler’s relationship

  10. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Tyler is not in love with Marla, he is simply using her. • Why is Tyler incapable of love? • Tyler asks if this is a problem, the narrator clearly bothered says no.

  11. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Chapter VIII • Haiku • Worker bees can leave • Even drones can fly away • The queen is their slave • WHOA! • Some one please interpret this logic

  12. Fight Club pg. 34-85 • Narrators boss sends him home because he is covered in dry blood • He continues to be bothered by Marla and Tyler’s sexual relationship • Tyler and Marla are never together when they are in the house • Tyler goes on to discuss the making of soap • Marla and the narrator interact and the narrator still has a passionate dislike for her • What is the glass slipper of our generation?

  13. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Tyler talks bout how the narrator can kill his boss to cheer him up • The narrator however says that he actually likes his boss and that he is enlightened now • “Sticking feathers up your butt, does not make you a chicken” • They talk about hitting bottom, “at least Marla is trying” • “It’s only after you have lost everything, that your free to do anything.” • What does this sound like?

  14. Fight Club pg. 30-64 • Tyler warns the narrator to never talk about him to Marla • What happens if he does? • Tyler again goes on the rampage of all the damage you can do with soap

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