6/06 & 6/08

In Class on Friday we continued our discussion of Fight Club finishing up Chapter 18and it is planned for Monday 6/09 to have completed reading the text for class.
In Addition on Sunday 6/08 several students from periods 5/6 and 10, joined together for the annual 12hr read-a-thon. Where we as a group took turns in a circle reading the legendary book, Lord of the Rings. With breaks after the each chapter we dined on the various snacks that were there, shared a few laughs and when necessary we pushed our comrades to continue forth. Though our journey was long and treacherous, I think i can speak for the group that it was kinda fun, somewhat entertaining, and presumably worth taking on the venture.
I would like to thank Mr. Lazarow for allowing us this very much needed extra credit. And i also want to thank Danielle and her parents' Mr. and Mrs. Radey for opening up your home to 20+ high school students to read for 12hrs.

-Paul

June 5th

Today we got our test back from the poetry unit. Mr. Laz also reminded people to make food for the potluck or bring money for pizza. We also discussed Fight Club. The main character likes to write haikus in order to deal with stress and the world around him. The nature haikus are also similar to Henry Vaughan's poem Man and they deal with entropy (order always moves towards chaos). The capitalization on pages 63 and 64 is used to bring attention to what the character is saying and to show his emotion, how he is angry that no one is noticing how "Zen" he is. We also discussed how it is another amazing coincidence that the job that Tyler found for him only requires black pants and a white shirt. We also discussed seamlessness vs. disorder because of the relationship between Marla and Tyler. Their new relationship is affecting the seamlessness of the main character's life.
Keep reading the next 6 chapters.
--Laura C.

Directions to my house

From Main turn onto Mt Laurel Rd.(the hill with the light that goes to rt 38)
Make a right onto St. Anthony's Dr.
Follow St. Anthony's Dr toward a cul-de-sac at the end.
240 on the left.

From rt 38 turn onto Mt Laurel Rd
Left onto St Anthony's Dr.
240 on left.

6/4/08

Today in class we talked about Fight Club. We talked about how the narrator woke up in different airports. We decided it shows disconnect from the world. It shows he has a hard time telling what is real life and what is a dream. It shows that his life is fragmented. The author compares it to a projectionist and how they have to piece everything together. A good projectionist can place things together perfectly without a break, but a bad one makes it obvious. We also talked about how the narrator can loss total pieces of his life when ha sleeps and he may not even know it. We also discussed the apartment and how it represented him. It was described as a concrete shell. All the furniture in the apartment was all cookie cutter and did not represent his personality and his individuality at all. The only unique and individual thing in his apartment was the mustard collection in his fridge. It shows that he is still individual and different from everyone else.

Kelley Bartlett