AP Eng. Fight Club (The pen is mightier than the s

Sorry edubloggers about the lack of posts on fight club but its hard to start when i keep rereading the book. The whole basis of the book is the breakdown of the human psyche and what builds men, people, and society into true basic principles. Fight club is not just a place, it is a brotherhood, a breaktrough, and an overall understanding of men of the men in it that the society with its rules, regulations, and expectations is warped and something must change. The whole system of fight club and the format of the story is built upon the simple rules. There are rules that bind the members to a basic code of conduct dependent on trust and total compliance. In a way, by plotting to destroy/revamp the society around them, they have built an archaic society themselves.

Like Kurtz lurking in the Shadows. We dont see him yet we fear him.

Like the Famous line of TS Elliot J. Alfred Prufrock:

DO I DARE?!?

The first day i picked up the book i read through the first 1/2! I Love the fact that it's just like the movie (which is awesome) but that also makes me wish i had picked another book. I dont like knowing all the plot and secret twist before i reach the end. It defeats the purpose of gaining new knowledge. If anyone has ever seen the movie they know whatsgoing on the first three words. So far i've been thrown into the world of the mystery narrator from his tragic white-collar life, to the meeting of Tyler Durden and Marla Singer, and the start of Fight Club itself and it views on society and humanity as a whole. More descriptions will be posted later this is just a breif synapsis.

ciao 4 now,

Dorionne

ps: this is just a little music video from the movie. J4F

Scene Clip # 1 Kurtz Monologue

This is the scene in which the audience and Willard (Marlow) first meet the infamous Kurtz. Like the book the movie puts us in a state of darkness. Kurtz appears from the shadows and we are immediately fixated on him and the darkness around him. The book refers to him as a Shadow and the movie offers us just a voice calling to us and a creepy, silhouette between the darkness and the shadows. In both the book and the movie we can not see Kurtz fully; all we have to distinguish him is the calling voice. It is that voice that draws both Willard/Marlow and the audience in. This is great because both Willard/Marlow and the audience/reader have nothing visually to grasp yet all senses are alerted and intrigued.  In both we are forced to think of Kurtz in the supernatural; think of Kurtz shadow with dimension to him. Despite all the details we’ve been given Kurtz is still unknown to us, he still appears unreal. Both the movie and the book keep this image of the unknown/unreal going and we, the audience and main character, must look for our own image to the voice and for that we have to look within and find the Kurtz inside. The point of both medias is to have the audience connect with the story; think of the phrase we read/watch TV to find out who we are. This image works well to display that concept both in the book and the movie because it allows us to connect with the work itself and accept the darkness and the shadows not only in the story/plot but in us.

I chose Chuck Palahiuk’s “Fight Club” because I have seen the movie several times and I wanted a chance to read the book and get a more in-depth perception of the twisted inner workings of the narrator’s mind. I chose this book not only as a fan of the movie but also as a future Psychology Major with a keen interest in human behavior and the psyche. The story is great in capturing the duality of sanity and genius. I wont go futher. Just stay tuned for more posts. Later….

Almost a new take on J. Alfred Prufrock. The song has similar themes to the poem with the duality one faces when taking a chance and making a change, especially with love.