Project Mayhem Update
Survivor Essential Questions:
1) What is the overall theme of the work?
2) How does the contrast between the church district colony and the "outside" affect Tender?
3) Palahniuk has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut and Johnathan Swift in his ability to satire society: how is society portrayed in this novel? What needs to be "changed?"
4) How do the influences of Tender's surroundings form his identity (i.e. his job, the hotline, the landfill, the cult, relationships [caseworker, employers, Fertility, Adam, the agent, etc], knowledge)?
5) What statement does this novel make about religion?
6) Tender Branson is similar to some of Palahniuk's characters, like Tyler Durden(Fight Club).
See also: Victor Mancini(Choke)
See also: Carl Sreator(Lullaby)
See also: Shannon McFarland(Invisible Monsters)
This is because of their underdog status and low class level.
What does this work say about making your own choices in the world?
7) Recently pop culture has adopted the anti-hero, the protagonist who is traditionally an antagonist or "loser;" such as The Dude(The Big Lebowski), Frank Castle(The Punisher), & Jay and Silent Bob(Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back).
How is Tender Branson an antihero?
Why are the antiheroes popular?
8) How is the organisation of the chapters and page numbers affect the narration and your perspective of the work?
9) What does this work say about dreams (Fertility's precog ability)? Free will? Predestination?
10) What do certain things stand for (i.e. the mirror, his fish, flowers, stains, the landfill, his hair, the stairmaster)?
11) Does Tender get off the plane? Is there a happy ending? What happens at the end of the novel?
12) What does it mean to be human using this text as your basis?
1) What is the overall theme of the work?
2) How does the contrast between the church district colony and the "outside" affect Tender?
3) Palahniuk has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut and Johnathan Swift in his ability to satire society: how is society portrayed in this novel? What needs to be "changed?"
4) How do the influences of Tender's surroundings form his identity (i.e. his job, the hotline, the landfill, the cult, relationships [caseworker, employers, Fertility, Adam, the agent, etc], knowledge)?
5) What statement does this novel make about religion?
6) Tender Branson is similar to some of Palahniuk's characters, like Tyler Durden(Fight Club).
See also: Victor Mancini(Choke)
See also: Carl Sreator(Lullaby)
See also: Shannon McFarland(Invisible Monsters)
This is because of their underdog status and low class level.
What does this work say about making your own choices in the world?
7) Recently pop culture has adopted the anti-hero, the protagonist who is traditionally an antagonist or "loser;" such as The Dude(The Big Lebowski), Frank Castle(The Punisher), & Jay and Silent Bob(Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back).
How is Tender Branson an antihero?
Why are the antiheroes popular?
8) How is the organisation of the chapters and page numbers affect the narration and your perspective of the work?
9) What does this work say about dreams (Fertility's precog ability)? Free will? Predestination?
10) What do certain things stand for (i.e. the mirror, his fish, flowers, stains, the landfill, his hair, the stairmaster)?
11) Does Tender get off the plane? Is there a happy ending? What happens at the end of the novel?
12) What does it mean to be human using this text as your basis?