Another sructural aspect of Palahniuk's writing that i have noticed is how he uses repitition through out the book. The narrator says "and i used to be such a nice person." after he freaks out on his boss and again sixty two pages later when he blackmails the head of the pressman hotel. He does this several times throughout the book. Its a really cool effect.
One thing iv'e noticed is that The narrator and Tyler are never in the same room with Marla (the narrators love interest). you can sort of see this in the movie but in the book it's much more obvious. When ever Marla leaves the room, Tyler magically appears. this must have to do with his multiple personality disorder.
I really like the soap idea. Its a very clever scheme. bassically what happens is people from project mayhem (the terrorist orginization thought up by Tyler) go to a medical wasted dump. there they gather up fat "liposuctioned fat sucked out of the richest thighs in america." they use this fat to make soap (and glycerin for nitroglycerin). which they sell at twenty bucks a bar.
I think I want to do my annotated bibliography on the differences between fight club; the book, and the movie. I dont know if i would be able to coe up with enough sources though.
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4/4 entries for 10/9/09--very good entries!
ReplyDeleteAbout the annotated bibliography--you certainly can do your project as a comparison of the movie and the book. You will likely need some sources that help you to interpret movies more professionally/academically, and you may need to do some genre research and some research on the author.
Really good analysis in your entries. This is a book and movie that never appealed to me (and I'm not its target audience, for sure). What do you think is redeeming about it?