Fight Club Dialectical Journal

Upset with Huck’s actions, Jim expresses his grief as if Huck actually lost him. Jim shows his ‘fatherly’ side by scolding Huck, encouraging his conscience into being a kinder person. He shows how thankful he is that Huck was lost because Huck is the only person he cares about on the journey and without him, Jim would have no help and motive to move on. This incident also illustrates how loyal Jim is to Huck.

Catch-22 by Joseph Keller is a story set during the second half of World War II, revealing the lives of soldiers, the dilemmas of war and the paradoxes made to keep men in war by country leaders. The main character, John Yossarian is a US Air Force bombardier who has a strong desire to stay out of war, but unfortunately is unable to because of the standards set by the government, increasing the number of missions a soldier had to fly before he could leave. His squadron is stationed on the island of Pianosa, near the Mediterranean Sea. The main paradox was that if a man proved his insanity, he would have to fly his missions in order to prove his insanity, yet if he were sane, he would still stay in war and fly. Either way, all soldiers, sane or not, had to stay.

1. "You tell him I'll take over from here and try to undo the damage – " "Ma'am?" "Your father does not know how to teach. You have a seat now"(17) This is an important passage because Scout feels badly about knowing how to read.

Logan, Vincent, Barry, and I were out far too late. Our "innocent" night out took a detour when a new "close" friend of Vincent learned he was out with the fellas. "We're going to The Spot!" Vincent declared before his decision collided with designated driver's snide expression. "Goggles?" Barry asked in a fatherly tone, Vin replies joyfully, "Yup, she's gonna hook us up with a few bottles, her cousin is promoting a party, there!" Barry chuckled, "Bro, that's not her cousin." Logan's snickering can be heard over the music, and the cackling in the front row. Vincent has a good heart. But at times he can be pretty naive. "I gotta side with Vin on this one, B." Logan interjects, sarcastically. First of all, it's 'Giggles,' (with

Midway through the funeral service, the disembodied voice of Tyler said, "I'm seeing, I seem to see, my own funeral. And they're telling each other stories about me. Veena, Rikuto, Amily. Each of them told the story of a different life, a different death. It's like a dream, but it's not a dream. And I'm not alone, there's someone here with me, a woman. I can't see her, it's as if she's standing beside me, or all around me, talking to me... She says I'm not dead. I'm not sure that I believe her".

Mate, you’ve got to be kidding me, Kristopher thought to himself, his eyes back in disbelief at the sheer stupidity of it all. His dad’s car bumped across the Story Bridge, its old steel girders standing guard, deciding who could cross the river and who should stay put on the other side. Kristopher figured if he wasn’t in his father’s car, he’d be one of those losers the Bridge kept away. The car chugged on, as it headed towards his uncertain destiny.

Response 4: In this passage, the mistress whose name is not said, is talking to Chichikov the protagonist. The mistress is offering Chichikov a drink to go with his food because he stayed there the night before since it was late at night and Chichikov needed a place to rest the mistress was kind enough to let him stay in her estate. I think this is interesting because even the mistress and Chichikov are strangers the mistress demonstrates hospitality by letting Chichikov stay at her house, washing his clothes, giving him a place to sleep, and feeding him. I wish that I knew what fruit liqueur tastes like because it sounds like a savory drink and yes I know it’s an alcoholic beverage

Jim is part of the hunting group by finding out the truth of the carnival with Will and Charles in the library, getting rid of the carnival with them, and protecting one another during times

In northern Michigan, right next to Holland lake, it was almost dark. John used to make big fires for the Piela family to sit around and enjoy. John’s six year old granddaughter, Julia, loved to watch John make the teepee in the middle of the fire pit. Julia would watch John make the fire come to life.

Mrs. Hawkins walks into the room, she sees a perspiring and petrified Jim. Jim does notice but he says nothing, so she walks out.

world and does not care to return to it. At this point, the reader begins to pity Jim,

They predicted that they would reach their goal, the Ohio River, in three nights. But on a foggy night, the two were separated. Fortunately, Huck finds Jim asleep on the raft, and they are happy to see each other alive. Huck tricks him and says he dreamt the whole separation. When Jim starts telling the story, he says, "What's the matter with you, Jim? You been a drinking?" Eventually, Jim sees all the debris and he knows that Huck has played a trick on him and he becomes sad. Huck felt bad that he hurt him, so he apologizes and decides he will not play any other mean tricks on Jim anymore.

We were in a meadow, sprinkled with stale leaves, empty of color. In the center of the clearing, a bonfire was burning bright. Once again, I smelt the sweet but bitter scent, swirling through the air. The flames flickered and twisted, reaching higher each time. The color in the flames faded from a vibrant blue, just at the base, to the lightest of yellows, with every shade of red and orange melting in between. Stepping through the overgrown meadow brush, we make our way to the log benches surrounding the fire, and sat side by side. The heat of the fire danced across my skin, making up for every chill in the air on our journey here. My growing goose bumps vanished in the coziness and

Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club is an exciting fictional novel that will hold the audience captive following three revolving main characters in Marla Singer, Tyler Durden, and the narrator himself as they take the reader through confusing twists and perspectives, while providing a most revealing closure. Although the title suggests an exclusive organization focused on violence, the novel describes the emasculation of man in today’s modern age of consumerism, societal associations and family structure along with the main and sub-characters’ exercising of power and submission to power

That day that I traveled to camp, I was scared. I knew that it would be very far away from home and I would be far away from home for a long time. Even though I pleaded to stay home my parents kept saying, “You will enjoy camping.”