Chuck Palahniuk

There is a lot more to life then just making money and going with the everyday flow. Everyone has different values, look back on different moments that make them happy, and has different beliefs . You should strive to make your life as fulfilling and successful as possible. You don 't realize how important it is to live a fulfill life until its all over. It will give you something to look back and be happy that you live a life you would never trade. One of the most important things I value in…

Every society has a culture that comes from the legacies of a community belonging to a distant past. As Chuck Palahniuk said, “it is important to create something that will [live forever]”, something such as culture, which is a result of the lives of people who are no longer in existence. An example of such communities can be seen in the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Even though they lived thousands of years ago, they heavily influenced the modern world. During the golden ages of each of these…

Chuck Palahniuk once said, “Hysteria is only possible with an audience” this is seen in the historical events of McCarthyism and the allegorical play The Crucible. After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were having tensions about who is the better country. The United States focused more on democracy and a free-market economy, while the Soviet Union is ruled by a dictator under their rule. In this time, Senator Joseph McCarthy grabbed this opportunity to make himself famous by…

Neil Gaiman depicts human actions in relation to animal slaughter for food, clothing, testing chemicals, other uses, and animal cruelty in general in Babycakes. Using first-person point of view as an observer-participant, indirect characterization allows reader to listen to the character's thoughts about the matter. Additionally, it appears inclusive rather than hypocritical separation of one who actually belongs to the population who contribute in one way or another to animal violence. Themed…

Sharp as a Tack, Dumb as a Box of Rocks Ever since the distinction between the sciences and the arts has been in school, I have two distinctly different ways of writing. My science writing has always been very cut and dry. Full of facts and citations, not a fun read, but an educational read. My science essays and reports were meticulously reviewed, punctuation was scrutinized, vocabulary was emphasized and the facts were double or tripled checked. My literary writing on the other hand was mostly…

What is JOY? JOY is an emotion, something that a person can feel. JOY ia an aspect of life . Joy is great happiness.JOY is what i feel when I awkae in the mornings. I am JOYful bevause I am happy to be alive. JOY is usceess in finding, doing, reciving, and giving. On Thanksgiving Day, Grandma feels the JOY that everyone shares from the close proximity of loved ones. JOY is felt when children receive gifts on Christmas Day. JOY is felt when high school sweethearts are married. Graduating…

The Reign of Consumerism in Fight Club: Film analysis of Fight Club Fight Club (1999) is a film directed by David Fincher based on the same name novel of the by Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. Films are not merely art form or product for consumption. They are also a form of social practice that conveys and constructs meanings for its audiences; in its narratives and meaning we can understand the ways in which our culture makes sense of itself. Fight Club hits audiences to question their habits…

people liked to focus on the positives during these times; however, many authors felt the need to expose details of t-hose who could not advance themselves in these times through the forum of fictional novels. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club exemplify this exact type of exposition. Fitzgerald’s narrator, Nick Carraway, feels trapped in a city defined by its extravagant and thriving nature, whereas Palahniuk’s unnamed narrator, who for the…

The author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, once stated, “The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up” (Chuck, n.d.). His statement highlights a condition I call a myopic perspective. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which a person can clearly see objects close-up while objects in the distance look blurry (“Myopia,” n.d.). A myopic perspective is a similar impairment limiting people’s psychological viewpoint or internal vision versus their physical…

From the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in 1984 to the current Samsung Galaxy S5, cellular phones changed the way in how humans communicate. Someone from the great state of North Carolina can talk to anyone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean without a problem just by using a portable satellite phone. Cellular phones have also allowed us to stay connected to our loved ones with just one phone call or text message away. Like everything else related to technology, there are various flaws that have an…