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Anti-Civilisation

Anti-Civilisation under consideration of the ideas of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber (Facharbeit)


Homework

Introduce a novel as possibly read in class this semester

"Fight Club" - Chuck Palahniuk

Thanks to David Fincher the novel Fight Club has already been filmed and that's why we will first of all take a look at the trailer of this movie!

Fight Club was originally a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1996.

The story of this book is told by its main protagonist who's Product Recall Specialist suffering from insomnia and who realizes that his identity is only defined by his job and possession. Taking his doctors advice he joins a testicular cancer support group to "see what real suffering is". He recognizes that hearing problems of others and crying with them cures his insomnia, so joins even more support groups. But then he gets to know Marla Singer, a "tourist" like him ...

Click here for a detailed plot summary

And I'm really quite convinced that, though it might be irritating to some of you, we should rather read thät book, for its funny, exciting and philosophical.

Two main Characters: Personality, Family, Career

Morris Zapp

  • 40 years old
  • smoker
  • he never left america so far
  • long gorilla-like arms
  • professor of English
  • cannot swimm
  • light-headed
  • veteran of long distance flying
  • he exaggerates
  • he's got a wife

Philipp Swallow

  • afraid of flying
  • 40 years old
  • unaccustomed to traveling
  • unconfident
  • infinitely suggestable
  • observes other people
  • conservative/traditional
  • married too
  • good imagination
  • professor of English
  • excited about flying/travelling

University Life and Academical System

Euphoric State University

  • "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like, but double-sized, building on the university area
  • Pays the exchange teachers extreme high salary
  • entitles them to "visitor professors"
  • beautiful landscape and nature around
  • one of America's major universities

Rummidge

  • "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like building, built of red brick
  • It's an old university (new ones are more favoured)
  • Exchange teachers are paid according to the rank and seniority on the scale of the host university


Life in the USA vs. Life in Britain

USA

Britain

K12

Einträge des Schuljahres 09/10