Fight Club Violence Essay

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Throughout Chuck Palahniuk’s life there has been violence that has surrounded him. Some of the events had happened outside of his world, the time period that was going on such as the Reagan Era, Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and so much more events. Then in the inside of his life there were tragic deaths that happened throughout his life, However at the same time some of the violent, fierce events that had occurred actually made him closer with people. The events that had throughout Chuck Palahniuk’s life helped him write his novel Fight Club and place the theme of violence throughout his novel.
Chuck Palahniuk was born during the Cold War. The Berlin wall was up and the economy in United States of America was down. After 19 years …show more content…

Palahniuk never met his father’s parents because when Palahniuk’s father was three his father kill his mother over a sewing machine. His father started to look for Palahniuk’s father who hid under the bed, but could not find him. Since he could not find him, he killed himself. Palahniuk was told this story about the age of 18. Then Palahniuk’s father and his father’s girlfriend were murdered. They were both shot first and then the gunman put the building on fire. After a few years later Palahniuk’s friend died from a disease where he met at a place he volunteered at. Also, his mother died from a cancer. All of these deaths caused him to twist violence as in physically and a disease that kills that person just like as it is seen in his novel Fight Club. In the beginning Tyler Durden is holding a gun in the Narrator’s mouth and then the reader sees that the Narrator is in support groups and so is Marla. Marla has cancer and is dying and the Narrator is depressed and wants comfort. The depression is killing …show more content…

In the novel, we see the members of fight club doing the test that Tyler Durden tells them to do. The test brings them closer together. Basically, by being humiliating and fighting help being part of the club. Palahniuk stated by fighting and being abused you are part of the group. As well as both groups also have in common is trying to make people happy by expressing themselves. In Fight Club, the violence used helped the men feel alive again. Yes, in the beginning they might feel exhausted, but the point of fights was to feel alive again. Same thing with the Cacophony society, they have pranks, but they also have fundraisers to make people feel alive

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