Eng 199 :: Reading Response Five

First, feminism. There is plenty to be said about the idea of a fight club exclusively for men, and the fact that in Palahniuk’s book men feel the need to fight back against the emasculation forced upon them by “excessive feminism.” Which is a bit of an oxymoron in terminology anyways – ‘force’ and ‘feminism’, considering [...]

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Eng 199 :: Reading Response Four

In regards to how a Liberal Humanist would interpret Fight Club:
     First, tenet number one of the LH : The timeless significance of a piece of literature. If we assume that a text should speak to what is constant in human nature we have a perfect example in Fight Club. The driving forces of this story are emotions and concepts that [...]

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Eng 199 :: Week One Response

Very few children are able to get into trouble for reading too much, but somehow I managed it. Sitting in my windowsill until all hours of the night, reading by the light from my neighbor’s porch as it shone through the hedge in our front yard because I had already had my lamps and flashlights removed for [...]

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WR 240: In-Class Exercise

Prompt: Write about 3 objects currently on your person, for 5 minutes each, then write a conclusion that ties them all together in some way.
SHOE: I bought you a few scant weeks ago, oh paragon of shoe investments. Since then, I’ve taken you hundreds of miles from your homeland, from your native country of Bend to [...]

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English 299 Reading Response #8 : Shootingwar, ‘Battle’

Am I the only person fascinated by the comparison of targeting/shooting games to the writings of the Marquis de Sade? I comprehend the validity of the comparison, and while it is definitely a first to see the Marquis de Sade referred to academically I think it is a brilliant connection made by Wark. The vast majority [...]

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