Intro to Reading: Final Post- Reflection

This semester's reading went alright for me;  could have gone better, but it wasn't too bad.  I enjoyed the freedom we recieved to select our own reading.  I ened up selecting something quite different from my usual reading material for the majority of my reading, which resulted in an interesting and entertaining experience, one that I feel I definitely grew from as a reader.  I enjoyed a book that really made me think; the story jumped a lot and was often scattered and it took until the end before I was able to start connecting the dots.  In order to stay more on top of things for next semester and to get more out of my reading, i'm going to make it my goal not to leave the reading and blog posting until the day it is due; this way I will be able to spend more time digging deeper into the reading and have be more effective in growing as a reader.  I think as a reader, I have improved.  Most of the time I made sure that I took the reading slow and worried about reading at my own pace rather than the number of pages I could get through in a certain amount of time, which helped to catch details I may have otherwise missed and gain a greater deal more of comprehension with my reading.  I also think by trying to explore different types of literature, I was able to grow as a reader because it was my decision to stray away from my norm and try something new, which also helped me to gain a greater perspective of my understanding of literature. 

Intro to Reading Blog 10

I read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk for about 1 hr. 

The book went on to talk about support groups and why the author likes them so much.  The author and Tyler are slowing taking different businesses and coorporations down one at a time.  Tyler and the author create an assult committee designed to remind guys of the kind of power they still have through the work of violence. This overall plan of Tyler's is known as Project Mayhem.  The orginal goal of this project was to teach each man in the project that they each held the power to control history.  It was ultimately about taking control of the world.  They believed that project Mayhim was going to save the world through an idea of destruction and re-birth.  And they begin with the further planning of the project involving each individual who decides to be a part.

This book has brough forth a new kind of literature than I am used to reading and it was really interesting journey for me.  Glad I was able to read about it and learn more about the book, this author, and myself. 

Intro to Reading: Blog 10

I am continuing to read Fight Club, written by Chuck Palahniuk.  I read this book for 1.5 hours. 

The book goes on to talk about how Tyler has begun to make lots of money through a deal he struck with Nordstrom in holiday soap making.  During this portion of the book, the author begins to realize more and more that Tyler is up to something, something big, but when the author tries to confront him about this, Tyler simply says, "if you love me, then you'll trust me.  This isn't something you need to know about right now." Tyler gets the author into a mess when he uses Marla's mother to send him her fat in order to make good soap; Marla finds out and loses it.  In the next part, the author talks about the illegal acts that are going on at his work.  The author gets busted by his boss for typing up fight club rules when he leaves the original copy at the copying machine, but is able to slyly get away with it through denial.  The author begins to discover, through one of the therapy groups he is attending that fight club has been expanding (branching out).  In the next part of the book, Marla thinks she's found a lump that might be a sign that she has cancer so she has the author of the book come over and check it out.  The author checks it out for her and confirms that it is nothing. 

This book is very interesting one to read, as it jumps for one event to the next.  It is something hard to keep up with.  I know when I reach the end I will be able to piece it all together, but right now it is kind of hard to do that.  This book is good for me because it makes me think, which I don't often dig real deep into my thinking ability when reading a book.  Even though I can't understand it all yet, I am comprehending it as I've got that movie strip playing in my head.