In society, the teenager is seen as the embodiment of rebellion, and this generality extends into works such as Persepolis and Fight Club, whose main protagonists are teenage rebels. In both novels, each protagonist conforms with their societal standards, “accept(ing) (the demands of society) patiently, though (s)he may have protested inwardly, but in that (s)he remained silent (s)he was more concerned with his/her own immediate interests than as yet aware of his/her own rights” (Camus 14). However, there is a limit to how long one can suppress their views. In Persepolis, her final acts of nonconformity end up as an endangering factor for herself and her parents. The rebellious act could be interpreted as direct opposition to the government,
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The very first fight of Fight Club consists of four hits, resulting in the narrator’s epiphany that he “felt finally that [he] could get [his] hands on everything in the world that didn’t work” (Palahniuk 53). This is the narrator’s way of rebelling against the societal standard of what a life was believed to be, which includes a routine of going to work, and owning a house full of furniture that is supposed to be representative of one’s character. Fight Club expands under the control of the narrator and Tyler Durden with “the rules [Tyler] and [the narrator] decided” (Palahniuk 54), as their vision of fighting in a controlled environment against a person, who would represent what one is afraid to fight against, is popular. After so many fights, the narrator became used to the scene, thinking that he “needed to move on to something bigger. It was that morning, Tyler invented Project Mayhem” (Palahniuk 123). This marked the beginning of the expansion of fight club, where instead of fighting simply against what oppressed you ,you would fight everything. As fight club expanded with committees under Project Mayhem, the narrator slowly lost control over the rebellion that he once …show more content…
Without his condominium, the narrator became more involved with Tyler and fight club. As Tyler stole the narrator’s physical energy as he slept, the narrator had a difficult time in everyday tasks such as going to work and doing his job. Finally, the loss of control over his body at all times, and realizing that Tyler only existed within his own mind, was only and affirmation that the narrator did
Considering the strife of both protagonists Marjane from Persepolis and the narrator from Fight Club, the initial successes of both protagonists has ultimately led to a life of rebellious suffering after the initial thrill, and as each protagonist continued along their self-destructive path of rebellion, the saving grace known as death was the only end. Marjane was primed to be a rebellious spirit from the environment she grew up in with rebellious parents and an oppressive
The very first fight of Fight Club consists of four hits, resulting in the narrator’s epiphany that he “felt finally that [he] could get [his] hands on everything in the world that didn’t work” (Palahniuk 53). This is the narrator’s way of rebelling against the societal standard of what a life was believed to be, which includes a routine of going to work, and owning a house full of furniture that is supposed to be representative of one’s character. Fight Club expands under the control of the narrator and Tyler Durden with “the rules [Tyler] and [the narrator] decided” (Palahniuk 54), as their vision of fighting in a controlled environment against a person, who would represent what one is afraid to fight against, is popular. After so many fights, the narrator became used to the scene, thinking that he “needed to move on to something bigger. It was that morning, Tyler invented Project Mayhem” (Palahniuk 123). This marked the beginning of the expansion of fight club, where instead of fighting simply against what oppressed you ,you would fight everything. As fight club expanded with committees under Project Mayhem, the narrator slowly lost control over the rebellion that he once …show more content…
Without his condominium, the narrator became more involved with Tyler and fight club. As Tyler stole the narrator’s physical energy as he slept, the narrator had a difficult time in everyday tasks such as going to work and doing his job. Finally, the loss of control over his body at all times, and realizing that Tyler only existed within his own mind, was only and affirmation that the narrator did
Considering the strife of both protagonists Marjane from Persepolis and the narrator from Fight Club, the initial successes of both protagonists has ultimately led to a life of rebellious suffering after the initial thrill, and as each protagonist continued along their self-destructive path of rebellion, the saving grace known as death was the only end. Marjane was primed to be a rebellious spirit from the environment she grew up in with rebellious parents and an oppressive