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Erik RankinFight Club 93-147

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• Chapter 13– Marla calls the narrator (or does she?)– She calls the narrator because he is neutral in

her book– Marla is afraid that she has a lump under her

arm (is she afraid of death?)– Story of the narrators birth mark– The narrator wants to make her feel better– Marla has the kiss scar too, what?– Husband and his fetish (bottom of p.97)

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• Chapter 14– Why did Marla begin to attend support groups?– Peoples attention when your dying– Marla’s philosophy of life (pg.99)– Police officer calls to discuss the condo

accident– Tyler talking during the phone call– What was the narrators response?

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• Chapter 15– Tyler gets canned…from the union– Narrator gets canned from the Pressman

• Don’t think of it as rejection….(pg.104)

– What do they do about this?• Narrator (self), Tyler (1on1)

– With a bank roll, what are they able to do now?– What word does the narrator use to describe

himself during his Pressman firing?

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• Chapter 16– What did the Mischief Committee do to begin the Project

Mayhem story arc?– Project Mayhem has rules too, what are they?– Support groups, with a Durden twist– What is the Assault Committees assignment?– Why?– They are also instructed to buy something– The narrator v. angel face

• ….and I was in the mood to destroy something beautiful. (p.114)

– How did Project Mayhem begin?– What is the goal of Project Mayhem?

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• Chapter 17– Discussion of admittance to space monkey training– How does one get admitted?– What do they bring? Any significance?– Narrator is told to carry $500– Everyone knows what is going on but the narrator, why?– Narrator interrogates Bob to find out where Tyler has

been, Bob responds?– Narrator and Marla begin decent walks and talks around

the house on Paper St.– Tyler was never home, but…. (p. 125)– The Space Monkey reading– Narrator is sad because he has been dumped– No one knows what Tyler looks like, why?

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• Chapter 18– Narrator is asleep at work, slipping from the dream

world (interesting quote on p.129)– Narrator is sure he is going to get fired– The mechanic and 3 space monkeys are waiting for him

in a Cadillac, Tyler calls to inform him– I get in. We start driving. (huh)– Where’s Tyler?– The Mechanic’s speech (who is this?)

• This is all Tyler Durden Dogma

– Who made up the new rules– How and why is fight club run the way it is?

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– You are not your…– What do you wish you’d done before you died?

• What does the narrator answer?

– Bumper Stickers– The narrator eventually changes his wish, what

happens?– What is the Narrator compared to Tyler

• Why does he feel this way?

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• Chapter 19– “You had a near life experience” – What was the point of the mechanics tirade?– The mechanic speaks again, what does he say?

• This is a very important speech on p.141• Pure Tyler Durden

– Did the narrator mean what he said about his job?

• Why is this important?

– The space monkeys are hunting for something creamy, why?

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• Chapter 20– What did the mechanic say the narrators homework

was?– Raymond K. Hessel

• Who is he? How old?• Where does he work?• What does the narrator do to him?• Raymond is going to die tonight, does he? (Think outside the

box here)• What does Raymond K. Hessel want to be?• What does the narrator force him to do? How?

– End section on p. 147, This is what Tyler wants me to do…(to the bottom of the page)