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A 4 page paper which examines the theme of a nonsensical life in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. No additional sources cited.
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life in a materialistic and shallow society. It is a novel that takes the reader into a very strange, and yet logical, world wherein people feel alive because they are
shedding the nonsense from their lives. It is the main character, and his alter ego Tyler, the ego that allows him to slowly leave his nonsense life behind. It
is important to note that the character of Tyler is incredibly important for the main character, the narrator, is so immersed in his nonsensical life that he could not consciously
pull himself out of it and live a more fulfilling and deeper existence. Prior to his allowing the character of Tyler to emerge the best he can do is attend
support groups for people who are suffering primarily from terminal illnesses. He notes, "Walking home after a support group, 1 felt more alive than Id ever felt. I wasnt host
to cancer or blood parasites; I was the little warm center that the life of the world crowded around" (Palahniuk 22). Interestingly enough, it is also as though he is
foreshadowing events that will occur as he indicates how "losing all hope was freedom" (Palahniuk 22). It is only through truly losing all hope, all connection with the nonsensical
ways of life that the people, primarily the narrator, can truly live. And, as noted, because he cannot do this on his own, at least consciously, he creates his alter
ego that is Tyler, even offering insight into this character and his connection with him, his need for him, when stating, "Oh, Tyler, please deliver me" (Palahniuk 46). He then
proceeds to almost chant, in his mind, in a prayer fashion as he asks to be delivered from one material or shallow or nonsensical thing or another such as "Swedish
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