Fight Club Study Gvide
HUMAN BEINGS
Narrator |
Marla Singer |
Robert "Bitch Tits Bob" Paulson |
Tyler Durden |
Richard "The Boss" Chesler |
Angel Face |
LIMINAL EXPERIENCES
Down the trap door into Lou's basement |
Human sacrifice outside liquor store |
Admission into Project Mayhem |
Life in the basement on Paper Street |
Mini-katabasis in the men's room |
SHOUT-OUTS
Narrator/Trout = Gilgamesh/Enkidu |
Marla Singer = Shamhat/Sibyl/Dido |
Product placements = Starbucks, IKEA, Busch beer, Volkswagen, Pepsi |
Richard "The Boss" Chesler = Humbaba? |
Unreliable narrator (as compared to Odysseus, Dante) |
COSMIC SIGNIFICANCE
Human beings as machines (we are all parts of the same compost heap) |
American metropolis as symbolic hell - DYSTOPIA |
Narrator and Marla hold hands at the end = Hope? |
Project Mayhem = men looking for answers? |
Project Mayhem as COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT gone haywire |
IKEA Nesting Instinct |
Blame it on her! |