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At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life. In the novel, this line is also used with the exception of the name - I am Joe's Boiling Point. I am Joe's Smirking Revenge. I am Joe's Broken Heart. | At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life. In the novel, this line is also used with the exception of the name - I am Joe's Boiling Point. I am Joe's Smirking Revenge. I am Joe's Broken Heart. | ||
== Turning Points For The Characters == | |||
=== The Narrator/Tyler Durden === | |||
A major turning point for the narrator comes when he stands up against his boss. Without any help from Tyler, completely aware of being himself, the narrator reacts against type when his boss shows him the rules of fight club found in the copier. The narrator, appearing calm and collected, threatens his boss in a round about way, avoiding the straightforward threat, but musing that the man who created these rules probably would "use an Eagle Apache carbing... (to) go the length of mahogany row and take out every vice-president with a cartridge left oer for each director" (Palahniuk, 98). The narrator goes on, each word startling his boss more and more. With this defiant act, the narrator settles into a meshing of his two personalities, and begins to see, even in a small part on an unconscious level, that he does not need Tyler's help quite as much as he used to. | |||
== ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture == | == ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture == | ||