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"I don't want Marla, and Tyler doesn't want me around, not anymore. This isn't about love as in caring. This is about property as in ownership." (pg 14)
context: The narrator is explaining what is occurring between him and Tyler and why he knows that everything that is occurring is because of Marla Singer.
commentary: This quote implies that there is a love triangle between the narrator, Marla, and Tyler. We could assume that Marla wants the narrator, Tyler wants Marla and the narrator doesn't want Marla. With this quote, we can also assume that love will play a big part in the book.

"Every evening, I died, and every evening, I was born. Resurrected." (pg 22)
context: The narrator is telling the story of how he met Marla and what he did to cure his insomnia.
commentary: This quote describes how the narrator felt after finally being able to sleep after crying. With this quote and the rest of the page, we can feel the relief he felt. With this quote, we can assume that the book will be mentioning mental health issues.

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1) “We won’t die– we’ll be legend.” (Pg. 1)

Context- Protagonist’s friend, Tyler, enacts a murder-suicide– planning to kill them both and blow up the building they stand on.

This quote feels like a foreshadowing to the greater themes of Fight Club that will the made clear later on. The protagonist has been show to be incredibly depressed and wallowing in misery and the fact that he admires someone who genuinely believes destruction will make the both of them legends shows how warped both of their world views are and how they are as individuals.

2) “This isn’t about love as in caring. This is a about property as in ownership.” (Pg. 14)

Context- Tyler, Marla, and protagonist have a love triangle going on and Tyler attempts to kill protagonist because Marla likes him more.

In the chapter after this, the protagonist is shown to dislike Marla which raises the question of how her and Tyler met and whether or not this is misogyny or a character nuance that prevents Tyler from making true romantic connections. Since his "love" for Marla is what leads him
to the murder-suicide event, it can be inferred that love at least- The protagonist and Tyler’s warped perceptions of lore, tie in to the greater themes of Fight Club.

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# 1)  "This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom"
(Pg. 22)

Context: Main character thinks back to two years ago when they first met Bob, and how they eventually frequented the doctor's office less and less before stopping altogether because in doing so they felt revitalized. They didn't have to ruminate on cancer or parasitic diseases.

Connection:
The main protagonist and narrator, who remains anonymous by name, feels there is little they can do to improve their current life. In the book recurring themes such as hopelessness and consumerism are constantly being eluded to. This quote in particular, serves as a glimpse into the narrator's perspective concerning the life they lead. They see losing hope as freedom because they no longer have to ponder what could have been. To get lost in a cruel world, wandering aimlessly with no destination in mind.

#2) "If I knew how this would all turn out, I'd be more than happy to be dead and in Heaven right now" (pg. 14)

Context: Narrator's thoughts as his companion Tyler and himself plan to blow up a building.

Connection: The quote is very morbid. The line implies that whatever life the main character lives is not pleasant. It also causes readers to seek explanations to unanswered questions, and correlates with the theme of misery and conflict. What might have happened to this person to consider death as a preferable alternative?

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“This isn’t really death,” Tyler says. “We’ll be legend. We won’t grow old.” pg.1
This quote from the first chapter could possibly signify something important that will happen later on throughout the book. I’m not sure as to what they might be talking about but I assume they did something to try and leave their imprint before they leave.

“This should be my favorite part,being held and crying with Big Bob without hope. We all work so hard all the time. This is the only place I ever really relax and give up.” pg.18

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This quote gives us an insight on our narrator and Big Bob. This shows us that they are both hugging each other inside of a support group session they go to that is located inside of a church.

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"Who guys are in fight club is not who they are in the same world. Even if you told the kid in the copy center that he had a good fight, you wouldn't be talking to the same man." (pg. 49).

Context: Narrator's thought concerning Fight club; how it was created, how it changes people, why they do it. For a brief moment, when people step into the ring an opportunity is placed in front of them. Any bottled up anger, frustration, is exacted upon that someone in the other corner- your opponent. The main protagonist is offering their audience a clear visual representation of what goes on in Fight Club and how free and uninhibited people feel while taking part in it.

Connection: In retrospect, I probably should have saved some of the information above for the connecting aspect of this journal but what's done is done.

The connection is this idea of fighting to experience a cruel but still beautiful life. The main character constantly draws their own thoughts back to this idea of death, and what they want to accomplish before they "kick the bucket", so to speak. "I just don't want to die without a few scars, I say."

They also mention the level of difference people feel when they participate in Fight Club. People you would never suspect to be involved in such a harmful activity are among the multitudes that gather for the club. And although this might only pertain to the club specifically, I believe this concept of people not being who they appear to be will play a larger, more prominent role in the story as characters become more fleshed out and their pasts revealed.

"Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you."

Context: Narrator thinks back to their place of residence and how they used to buy so many objects they felt were important at the time. And how this caused them to become practically enslaved to purchasing things of substance and allowing these objects to control their life.

Connection: This quote offers a glimpse into the narrator's life prior to the fight club and other events that have transpired. It shows how much they've changed since then. How much they've changed.

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1) “May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete.” (Pg. 46)

Context- The protagonist's house burns down and he has nowhere to go so he calls Tyler.

This quote conveys the story's themes of self-destruction as the protagonist wishes to never be the best he can possibly be. He doesn’t want to be better or happy with his life, he craves misery and the emptiness his life holds. He prays to Tyler like he’s a god and asks him to prevent himself from being satisfied with himself because he knows that Tyler is just like him- though it's arguable if he’s his better or worse half. Their companionship only serves detrimental to both of their lives but neither wants to stop.

2) “Flowers bloom and die

Wind brings butterflies and snow

A stone won’t notice.” (Pg. 67)

Context- The protagonist starts to write haikus to make it seem as if he’s a calm, relaxed individual. He writes this one after Marla “invades” his and Tyler’s shared apartment.

This quote brings about the story’s themes of misery as the protagonist speaks of some of the world's wonders and the beauties of nature. He acknowledges the good things about the world but follows it up with “a stone won’t notice” signifying that it doesn’t matter how beautiful the world is if someone can’t see it. He and Marla are the stones as they have every opportunity to make their lives and their perception of the world better but elect to ignore it. They are obsessed with their own misery and the misery of others, they don’t want to see anything good in the world, they find a sense of “euphoria” or “happiness” in misery and would not trade it for anything in the world.

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"The death experience was so cool, Marla wanted me to hear her describe it as she lifted out of her body and floated up." pg. 60
context: The protagonist is describing how Marla and Tyler met each other. The protagonist says that Marla called his apartment expecting him to answer, but Tyler did instead.
commentary: With this quote, we can see how instead of being afraid of almost dying, Marla found it exciting. I believe that Marla does things that put her life at risk several times just by seeing how she reacted to that one experience. With this quote, we can see that chaos will be a theme within the book.

"Me, I'm six years old, again, and taking messages back and forth between my estranged parents. I hated this when I was six. I hate it now." pg. 66
context: During this part of the book, Tyler is telling the protagonist to get rid of Marla after spending the night with her.
commentary: We see from this quote that the relationship between Marla and Tyler will remind the protagonist of his childhood. He will probably have to deal with his trauma. This book will discuss the struggles of a person whose parents did not love each other has to deal with.

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1.  "Maybe self-destruction is the answer" (pg.49)
context: The fight club has started. It was just enough for the narrator whenever they were angry as in fight club the real world gets shut off. The narrator then explains how one day. he wants a nice condo and car. Then they state that maybe self-improvement isn't the answer but self-destruction instead.
commentary: This quote goes to show how the narrator is not aware with how to deal with their emotions. This demonstrates how they don't tend to think very positively but rather resort to violence and in the end is tormenting themself by self doubting. This may hint to a mental illness that he may have since thinking negatively very often is not something common.
2. "The girl in 8G has no faith in herself," Marla shouts, "and she's worried that as she grows older, she'll have fewer and fewer options." (pg. 61)
context: Tyler calls the police after she has made her suicide call. In worries he goes to save her and when she sees him she seems to understand what he's done. As they both run away Marla yells to the cops things about herself in order to make it looks like she is some random person who lives in the same building.
commentary: This quote demonstrates how we may discover Marla has some trauma we are yet to unfold in the book. I believe these insecurities are rooted in her bold and wild personality she tends to show off. This goes to show that maybe Marla tends to have worrisome thoughts about her life since she never sticks to a routine and usually never at home.

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This is our world, now, our world,¨ Tyler says, ¨and those ancient people are dead.¨ (pg 14)

Context: The main protagonist is stuck on top of a building with Tyler, who has a gun in his mouth. Tyler's main focus is to eradicate the museum causing the ¨Parker-Morris Building¨ to collapse on the museum while standing on top of the Parker-Morris Building killing both the main protagonist and Tyler in the process.

This quote alludes to the original persona of Tyler because he apparently wants to rule the world. Tyler can achieve such an ambitious goal by destroying a museum of importance to gain a forever known reputation of superiority to the world and the destruction of a building full of ancient and historical treasures.

¨This isn't really death¨ Tyler says. ¨Well be a legend. We won't grow old.¨(pg11)

Context: While Tyler and the main protagonist are on the top of the Parker Morris building, ready to destroy a museum full of valuables, Tyler has a gun in the main protagonist's mouth planning to kill them both when the explosion of the building goes down.

Tyler's infatuation with power and owning the world has grown to a delusional mindset that if the protagonist and himself were to die, they would always be remembered.

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¨I tell Tyler Marla Singer doesn't need a lover, she needs a caseworker. Tyler says, ¨Don't call this love.¨

Context: After Marla was prevented from committing suicide (saved by Tyler) followed by simultaneous sexual intimacy between the two, the main protagonist wakes up in the morning and describes his dream as being intimate with Marla as well. When the main protagonist heads downstairs Tyler walks into the kitchen with hickeys on his neck while casually explaining his consecutive experiences with Marla.

Marla could be more important to Tyler than she seems to be. After Tyler hits it off with Marla more than once (symbolizing they are obsessed with one another) Tyler refutes the idea that his relationship with Marla was not loved. Perhaps Tyler needs Marla to suit his needs and keep him happy to inspire his ambiguous personality and drive to ¨conquor the world.¨

¨A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. You wake up, and that's enough.¨

Context: The main protagonist recalls a time when he first met Tyler who had been creating a shadow hand on the beach by using logs. When the sun was at a certain angle the shade of the Logs would transform into a hand which was the longing satisfaction of Tyler's desire. Tyler explains to the main protagonist that the shade hand only lasts for 1 minute which was all Tyler needed at the time. Tyler sits in the center of the shade hand for a minute as he reaps the very temporary benefit of his hard work.

Just as Tyler wants to be the ¨legend¨ of the world for a moment while attempting to end his life when the moment of his success comes, his actions towards working hard just for a minute of shade take the form of a hand can be considered as a psychotic mindset. This quote gives context to the type o person Tyler really is which is a man that has no high standards of expectations for his reasoning in general. In a sense, Tyler does things just to so-called ¨do it because he wants to.¨

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"Getting fired," Tyler says, "is the best thing that could happen to any of us. That way, we'd quit treading water and do something with our lives." (pg. 89)

Context: Tyler's thought towards his job after leaving the note and taking a situation too far. The quote expresses his indifferent attitude towards losing his job, instead under the belief that by getting fired, they'd have more of an incentive to experience all life has to offer instead of wasting it.

Connection: This quote's context, though it refers to Tyler's potential firing, can be applied to other themes in the story, as well as our main protagonist. At this point in the novel, it's clear that our esteemed narrator follows Tyler along everywhere. He does what he's asked and hardly questions his friend's decisions. Despite the obvious absurdity and ridiculousness of some of those decisions. But, the life he's leading now is a result of no longer caring. In the beginning of the novel the narrator mentions he stopped caring, an insomniac who reflects back on events transpiring and believes a better idea would have been to just die.  This mentality correlates with the bigger picture and theme of "Fight Club" which is this idea of rebelliousness and fighting to "exist" amid consumerism with a burning desire to simply live.

"Me, I'm six years old, again and taking messages back and forth between my estranged parents. I hated this when I was six. I hate it now."

Context: Tyler and Marla want to be rid of each other, and the narrator is essentially the conflicted middleman, torn between two of his friends.

Connection: This quote, and the message it conveys elude to the greater implication of conflict. The narrator at this time is indecisive, seemingly on good relations with both Tyler and Marla, both of which he cares for a great deal. They, however, are at each other's throats, not dissimilar to two divorced parents, causing him to make the analogy between "estranged parents" and Tyler and Marla. He's constantly relating the animosity of his two friend's situation to his past experiences of his own family "becoming invisible to each other."

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1) ”Even the good kind that don’t run,’ Marla says, ‘they snag.’ Nothing is static.  Everything is falling apart.” (pg 108)

Context- Marla finds out she may have cancer and goes to buy a good pair of pantyhose using money she got from selling people’s jeans she stole.

This quote delves deeper into the story’s themes of misery and gives more context as to why Marla acts the way she does. Marla frequently lies to get into support groups, forces herself into the protagonist's space, and even goes out of her way to steal people’s jeans at laundromats to make a quick buck. She is decidedly not a good person and doesn’t make an effort to be because she feels that it is pointless. No matter what she does she knows it won’t achieve anything because at least one aspect of her life will be “falling apart” leaving ultimately miserable at the end of the day. Her misery is an accumulation of both her unfortunate circumstances and refusal to try and make things better. She knows what she’s doing and keeps doing it anyways serving as somewhat of a parallel to the protagonist. They both aren’t good people and frequently lie for their own gain but Marla is much more forward and comfortable in her life compared to the protagonist which is probably why he hates her. They are the same but she is more at peace with her misery and he can’t accept that.

2) “I’m breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions,’ Tyler whispered, ‘because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.” (pg 110)

Context- The protagonist was on the phone a detective who was asking if he had known anyone who knew how to make homemade dynamites (he does- it’s Tyler) due to his apartment being blown up by himself a while back. Tyler guides him through the conversation by whispering in his ear.

This quote reveals more about the story’s overarching themes of destruction as unlike the other two main characters (the protagonist and Marla), Tyler’s craving for destruction isn’t caused by his own personal misery or terrible circumstances, it’s caused by his desire to be better than himself. Tyler believes that through his destructive actions towards himself and other people, he will grow stronger mentally. This directly contrasts with the other two as they destroy themselves because they believe there is nothing else to do and remain stagnant in their lives while Tyler does everything and anything he can for the sake of his own “self-betterment.” For Tyler his horrible life choices aren’t done to momentarily avoid his misery, it serves a purpose- to become stronger than he was the day before. That mindset is what draws the protagonist in, while Tyler and the protagonist are incredibly similar in their destructive tendencies and general atrociousness, Tyler is everything the protagonist isn’t. He’s smarter, braver, hardworking, motivated, strong- He’s like him but so much better that the protagonist can’t help but ‘worship’ him to some degree.

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"I tell the detective, no, I did not leave the gas on and then leave town. I loved my life...The television was me. It was me that blew up." (pg. 111)
context- Detectives are questioning the protagonist about the explosion that occurred but the protagonist lies to them and says that the explosion is not his fault.
commentary- Although it is obvious that the protagonist is lying to the detectives, I think that there is some truth in his lies. I think that he is attached to the condo because that is the place that allowed him to get closer to Tyler. Meeting Tyler has allowed the protagonist to experience freedom within the fight club. Fight club is escapism for his reality.

"To warm her up, to make her laugh, I tell Marla about the woman in Dear Abby who married a handsome successful mortician..." (pg. 106)
context- Marla calls the protagonist to do her favor and the protagonist says that he only helps her to make her forgive him for making soap "out of her mother".
commentary- I think this entire scene shows us how much the protagonist actually cares about Marla. I believe that the protagonist is in denial about his feelings because he is afraid that accepting his feelings will harm his relationship with Tyler.

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"Without their doubt, their pain, without their sacrifice," Tyler says, "we would have nothing." (pg. 78)
context: The Narrator and Tyler are talking about animal cruelty and how Tyler believes these animals have to die in order for us to have supplies.
commentary: Although both characters are talking about animals literally, I believe this quote means so much more than that. I believe what Tyler is saying also applies to themselves. How it is necessary they go through this pain, stress, and suffering for them to get through life. It is the only way for them to have stability and get to where they need to be.

"This is why I loved the support groups so much, if people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention." (pg. 107)
context: In this part the Narrator reveals he loves support groups because he gets attention. Not to mention whenever they have the chance to talk to someone, no one really pays to your physical looks but just listen to you talk.
commentary: This quote seems to connect to the theme of mental health as the narrator tends to visit and and every support group he is able to. The narrator seems to show signs of narcissism as well as an unknown disorder. He tends to be selfish at times as well as suffering from loneliness. I believe the support groups are actually a sort of safe space for the narrator whether they would like to admit it or not. It really gives him a chance to still interact with others who seem to be going through a tough patch in life. This helps the narrator feel some sense of emotional connection with another person.

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"The goal was teach each man in the project that he had the power to control history. We, each of us, can take control of the world." (pg 122)
context: In this scene, the main character is telling the story about how Tyler created Project Mayhem.
commentary: In this scene we can see toxic masculinity. We see toxic masculinity because Tyler claims that a man can only have power by participating in illegal and violent activities.

"Please. I smile big enough to split my lips" (pg 117)
context: In this scene, the main character is describing how he followed the advice Tyler gave him. He is getting beat up by a manager to receive money.
commentary: I think in this scene, we can see how the main character is losing his sanity. By following the advice of Tyler, we can conclude that he has become dependent on Tyler.