Chuck Palahniuk Research Paper

Chuck Palahniuk was born on February 21, 1962 in Burbank, Washington. He spent his early childhood living in a mobile home with his Parents, Carol and Fred Palahniuk and Siblings. Chucks parents split up when he was only 14 years old and so Chuck and his siblings moved to their maternal grandparent’s cattle ranch. His other grandparents on his father’s side both died when chuck’s dad was 3. Chuck’s grandfather shot and killed his grandmothers when chuck’s father was only 3 years old. His grandfather looked for additional victims before turning the gun on himself. Aside from what is revealed in Chuck’s writing not much is known about his formative years. He graduated from Columbia High school in 1980 and was awarded, “most wittiest”.

Chuck soon grew tired of his job and gained employment as a diesel mechanic spending his days repairing trucks and fixing engines. It was at these jobs where chuck drew his inspiration for his early novels. He also worked at a hospital escorting terminally ill hospital patients. He also became a member of the notorious cacophony society. The cacophony society was dedicated to experiencing things outside of the mainstream and they also perform large scale pranks in public places. This would become the inspiration for the group, “project mayhem” in Chuck’s novel Fight Club. Chuck was in his mid-thirties when he first tried to write a novel. A friend suggested that he should go to a work shop hosted by Tom Spanbauer who was a minimalist guru to the art of Dangerous Writing. Chuck then wrote a short story by the name of Negative Reinforcement this is what is known as his first published work. Chuck then decided to try his hand at a novel. The result being the gargantuan 700 page book titled, If You Lived Here You’d be Home Already. This was Chucks attempt at emulating Stephen King, although the novel was rejected originally parts of it were recycled and used in the later novel Fight Club. After being rejected by rejected many times Chuck started to experiment with darker material in his books. This resulted in the Novel Manifesto, which would later become Invisible