'Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk' By Culture

“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will” (Palahniuk). Chuck Palahniuk (1990-Present) is apart of the Postmodernist era, which began in 1965 and is still going on. The Postmodernist era believed that universal truth to be idealistic and there is no worldwide view. He believed in a state of perpetual incompleteness and permanent unresolve and focused on more taboo themes such as lust, guilt, and sex. Palahniuk used past experiences of grief and love along with the gritty Portland scene to influence his writing style and way of thought. Palahniuk had a troubling early life as shown when his parents divorced when he was just 14. It made him see the darker side of life and how things just sometimes

They have nothing to lose so they put it all on the line and don't care how badly they get beat. I agree with the article because they have to hold onto their pride and masculinity because it's the only things that mean something. “It's only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything” (Palahniuk), they have nothing to lose so they put it all on the line and don't care how badly they get beat because there belongings do not mean anything to them. In Fight Club Palahniuk says, “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need” (Palahniuk). He is saying that they work jobs that bore them and have things that don't mean anything to them to fill the void of their empty life. This can be applied in life today, as when people have a “mid life crisis” and buy a sports car or a fancy house or a new exciting hobby. “Today is the sort of day where the sun comes up to humiliate you”(Palahniuk). They are ashamed of their jobs and lives and need to do something to escape from there boring monotonous