Society and Class Quotes in Fight Club Page 1
(Chapter. Paragraph)
| Quote #1 Your set of hand-blown green glass dishes with the tiny bubbles and imperfections, little bits of sand, proof they were crafted by the honest, simple, hard-working indigenous aboriginal peoples of wherever [...] (5.16) |
Don't forget that our narrator owns these dishes. The Tyler side of his personality abhors people who exploit simple, hard-working people, but the other side owns these symbols of a society that does exactly that. Could that be why Tyler blew up the apartment?
| Quote #2 The things you used to own, now they own you. (5.57) |
This is what we like to call a turning point. Our narrator doesn't feel like a part of society anymore. Instead, he's feeling controlled by society. And by the end of this chapter, he has blown up his apartment, and fight club has been born.
| Quote #3 "The job will stoke your class hatred." (8.28) |
Who hasn't had this kind of job? Tyler's job at the Pressman Hotel could easily be any kind of menial labor job catering to the rich and famous.
