Chuck Klosterman Book Report

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IV By Chuck Klosterman
There are so many inquisitive people living around the world. The majority of them usually don’t have an insight on what happens on Earth. In the book IV, Chuck Klosterman interviews many people and makes some commentaries about American culture. The book is divided into three sections; “Things that are true”, “Things that might be true”, and “Something that isn’t true.” Klosterman wants to separate these articles so he can give the audience an interesting perspective of how he sees them. He makes the audience realize the truth in his own aspect which is remarkable since a lot of the articles are connected to each other in a similar way.
Klosterman wrote many articles that are united to each other. He uses his life
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He is trying to do a seven day challenge of only eating plain chicken nuggets with sauce while giving his insight about the fast food restaurant. He kept a small journal were he would write for each day of his experiments. Before beginning his seven day nugget challenge Klosterman went to professionals to check his health to see if he was healthy enough to do the experiment. Once he passed the tests he went to McDonalds and started his challenge. The notes were very detailed as they were in order from day one to seven. As the challenge continued Klosterman felt like he was actually getting healthier since all he was doing was eating nuggets with sauce. He progressed through the days until he finally got sick of eating nuggets. It felt like he wanted to vomit and explode. Klosterman acted like he was dying but he still enjoyed the taste of the chicken. He says “We have all entered a race to devour the largest volume of gratification before it kills us” (58) which tells the audience that going for a commitment is pleasurable even if it kills us. At the end of the experiment Klosterman went back to visit the professionals who tested him previously and found out that his challenge was a success. His blood pressure and cholesterol dropped while he only gained a

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