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The main themes of the story are loneliness, materialism, and freedom from society. Tyler was created because of the lack of connection the narrator had with the people around him. The narrator was lonely and attended so many support groups because of it. He was not rejected at the support groups because the members thought he was sick just like they were. Materialism is a reoccurring theme as the narrator mentions how he has worked his entire life for the Ikea items in his apartment. He tried to fill the void in his life by buying worthless, meaningless stuff. People spend too much time working for things they do not need. The narrator comes to the conclusion that, “You are not your job or your possessions.” Only once a person realizes that can he or she finally let go and start living. “It’s only after you’ve lost everything,” Tyler says, “that you’re free to do anything.” In order to be free, we must not care about the stuff we own. Our whole lives are spent working to pay for stuff. If we did not have stuff to pay for, we would not have to work as hard and our time could be spent doing something more meaningful. A major conflict near the end of the story is between Tyler and the narrator. The narrator discovered Tyler was a figment of his imagination and he wanted to stop him. The narrator wanted to get rid of Tyler, end Project Mayhem, and all of the Fight Clubs. Tyler did not want to leave and this conflict was resolved with the narrator shooting himself and killing Tyler. Another conflict in the story was between Marla, Tyler and the narrator. The narrator was secretly jealous of the relationship between Marla and Tyler. He wanted to be the one in a relationship with Marla Singer. The narrator did not realize until near the end of the novel that he and Tyler shared the same body and that Marla believed he was Tyler. In the beginning, the narrator obeyed everything Tyler told him to do. The narrator conformed to every aspect of society and did everything that was socially acceptable no matter how much it ate away at him inside.
If my life had no purpose, no individuality, and no happiness, I would not want to live. This book teaches the importance of self expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
Life is a complicated process. It’s filled with many things that keep it interesting but at the same time, very dull. Life’s what you make it and for many, it’s something we all strive for. In the story, The Space Between, the author takes full advantage of the premise as there’s rarely a dull moment- as in life. The book is filled with many literary devices that work nicely with the plot and dialogue. These include; metaphors, similes, irony, personification, and many more. We follow a young man who is finding his way in the world. He has only a week to change his life for the better. But he will face many obstacles on the way that brings the readers into a startling and fun journey.
The author develops her characters by giving them each motive. The reason as to why they have a certain motive is explained in the flashbacks. The biggest mystery throughout the novel is who is The Prophet and what is his motive. The prophet’s motive is revealed to be his mother who has influenced him into thinking the Georgia Flu was God’s doing. The following is dialogue between Clark and Elizabeth. “Clark: I think he’s maybe picked up some strange ideas about what happened Elizabeth: What kind of strange ideas? Clark: He thinks the pandemic happened for a reason… Elizabeth: Everything happens for a reason, its not for us to know.” (Pg. 260-261) This excerpt reveals the seed planted by Tyler’s mother, Elizabeth, which will later turn Tyler into the prophet. Tyler’s motive as to become the Prophet is revealed by this flashback. A person’s motive is based on their past
The movie Dirty Harry is about a cop who was known as Dirty Harry. Harry is a cop film with Clint Eastwood, who depicts Harry Callahan, as a strict cop. He uses any means to bring down a criminal, even if it means breaking the rules. He seeks justice and never forgets the case until he gets it done, even if the government asks him to leave the case. Regarding the movie, Edwin J. Delattre states that “It is easy for the justice system to protect potential suspects ahead of enforcing the rights of victims while ignoring citizens who were in danger or who had been murdered” (2002).
As you can see, there are a lot of major internal conflicts. However, there are many more not so important conflicts that weren’t listed! Ranging from racism to loneliness, the characters in this novel have gone through a lot, physically and mentally. As the novel progresses all the characters seem to go from a negative, depressed mental state to a positive and loving one. Jefferson dies with courage because Grant was able to crack Jefferson and help him, which also ended up helping himself. Miss Emma and Tante Lou are now at peace thanks to Grant’s affect on Jefferson. The only reason the novel ended with everybody in a positive state of mind is due the decisions and actions made because of the internal conflict. In conclusion, internal conflicts are very important to the story causing conflicts and plot twists to interest the reader and pull the novel together.
In order to fully examine the narrator’s transformation journey, there are many factors that have to be looked at in the themes that are discussed in the book. They include the Grandfather’s message in chapter one, Tod Clifton’s death, when the narrator is kicked out of college and the events in the factory and the factory hospital are some of the examples (Ellison 11). All these events contributed enormously towards the narrator finding his true identity.
Juror #1 originally thought that the boy was guilty. He was convinced that the evidence was concrete enough to convict the boy. He continued to think this until the jury voted the first time and saw that one of the jurors thought that the boy was innocent. Then throughout the movie, all of the jurors were slowly convinced that the boy was no guilty.
The entire story was a symbol of Needy’s life. The setting in the story was symbolic to the way Needy was feeling. Needy’s life was diminishing right before his eyes, and he did not realize it. The different changes in the story represented how much Needy’s life had gradually changed over time. By reading the story the reader can tell that Needy was in a state of denial.
The narrator meets Tyler and realizes quickly that Tyler is everything he is not. The narrator is disappointed in his life when he compares it to Tyler’s. “I am nothing in the world compared to Tyler. I am helpless. I am stupid, and all I do is want and need thin...
The Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, constructs an underground world of men fighting with one and other to find the meaning to their lives. Ed Norton and Brad Pitt are the main characters who start the fight club. They make a set of rules in which everyone must follow.
"What you see at fight club is a generation of men raised by women . . .. I'm a thirty-year-old boy, and I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer I need." These words are from Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club. Tyler Durden is the alter ego, and only known name of the fictional narrator of the novel. Tyler suffers from Dissociative Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Primary Insomnia, and probably a host of other disorders that I am not qualified to properly diagnose.
Primarily, Tyler had to deal with a large amount of hardships in his own life. Instead
The main thesis or central theme displayed throughout the novel is that happiness, love, loyalty, family, human affection, and friendship are the important aspects of life, rather than social class or wealth. A prime example of this is how Joe (poor blacksmith) is much happi...
Mad Max fury road is the comeback of the long forgotten mad max franchise and it is by far the best installment, the Movie is one of the best action movies I have seen in my life. The movie does a good job keeping you entertained as the characters in the movie are savages that love their cars and have cults like the war boys. The war boys are Men who worship all things mechanical like cars and believe the v8 engine is the source of their strength and they are completely loyal to their leader Immortan joe, and whenever there is an opportunity for glory they will chrome their teeth and tell a person to witness their demise. In the movie there are no completely sane people even Max has visions of his failures all the time and there are no morals on the fury road.
Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis published the book Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis in 1916. In the book, he lectures about different aspects of the way we think and interprets things. In his lectures, he talks about how he came up with his theories through finding and discovering for a solution to his patients mental problems. The book is split into three parts that relate to parapraxes, dreams, and theory on neuroses. Freudian theory introduces the different between the conscious and the unconscious and the very well-known concept of the Oedipus complex. His lectures also focuses on id, superego, and the ego. Many filmmakers created movie based on Freud theories and lectures. They contributed his theories into their work. A good example would be the movie Fight Club that was directed by David Fincher in 1999. The movie is based on the narrator of the film, he goes through different obstacles, and identity crisis. Freud theories plays a huge role in this identity crisis that the narrator faces, from wanting to change his lacking life to his unconscious love for Marla Singer.