Intro to Reading: Blog 8

I continued to read from the book, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk for 1 hour and 40 minutes. 

The next part of this book focuses on how the author’s involvement in fight club is affecting the way he carries himself and interacts with his boss and co-workers.  The author wants everyone to know that he is tough and it brings out this whole new side of his personality.  Tyler and Marla’s “relationship” develops into one that exists primarily in the bedroom; outside the bedroom they can’t even stand to be in the same room as one another.  At the end of the chapter, Marla talks more directly to the author (rather than Tyler) basically begging him to call her and even though she doesn’t say it, to love her.  This makes for an interesting twist as Tyler is the one suspected of having Marla’s affection.  The next portion of the book Tyler takes the author a step closer to hitting rock bottom, which at this point seems to be the goal.  When the author approaches Tyler about needing more soap, Tyler teaches the author how to make soap.  But through this task, he also teaches the author about a little bit of history.  He teaches the author about experiencing pain and how without sacrifice and pain, we would have nothing.  

This book is very different from anything I have read before.  There are so many different elements and little stories within this story that it is very interesting; you have to play very close attention or else you'll miss something important.  I think that it really helps to have seen the movie, because even though the book has parts that the movie doesn't and is a little different, the movie helps me to better understand the book.   This book also adds a lot of interesting ideas and perspectives on different elements of life.  I like it.