Fight Club Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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chose this passage because it is showing how Tyler is comparing his dad to an actual dragon. It shows that his father is becoming disconnected from the world and Tyler see’s how much his dad has changed. This quote is a metaphor and is literally comparing to Tyler’s dad to a dragon/ fictional figure and figuratively is comparing him to a rude, stressed, and isolated man
“Some guy started screaming and yelling like madman, running through the house telling everyone to get out.” (128, chapters 47)

Simile
The following passage is a simile that compares a kid at a party to a madman. I chose this passage to illustrate how quick conflict came into play the night of the halloween party and how this intensified the scene. This simile allows the reader
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This is an example of personification as Tyler’s brain and hormones are giving the human like ability to go in reverse. This literally represents a conflict between Tyler’s brain and hormones and figuratively shows he is at time indecisive and doesn’t know what he wants.
“ Everything is fine; it’s going to be great. I’ll say something clever and witty to show that she hadn’t hurt me at all.” Tylers internal dialogue ( page 133, chapter 33)

Dramatic irony
I chose this quote as it is Tyler's thought process the Monday after the weekend he had turned Bethany down at a party. On this day Tyler doesn’t know what to expect and just hopes Bethany isn’t mad at him. This is dramatic irony because us as the readers know that Bethany is going to be mad at Tyler and everything isn’t fine like Tyler thinks it is. Along with these we know Tyler may not say something witty and clever. When nervous tyler doesn’t always say or act as he feel so the reader is able to infer that the interaction with Bethany will not be a good one. This literally represent tyler’s thoughts and figuratively relates to the negative events that are soon to come for

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