I found this quote powerful because it underlined the simplisticness that this book is writen with. The idea of a life not based on meaningless hopes that drive us to do things like get a car, work a job, get a wife, etc... is so abstract in my eyes that I appriciate the amount of commitment that I could never see myself doing. This quote also goes off the first quote ("Pull a lever. Push a button...") by depicting the amount of spiritual freedom gained from loosing this daily routine to achieve these meaningless life goals.
As Tyler says later in the book, "Only after disaster can we be resurrected", it takes the narrorator hitting rock bottom to begin his life with a different consience. With his hopes being shattered and his morals being challenged, he is able to view the world in a new light (as cliche as that sounds). The sense of nothingness that is valued by Tyler creates total freedom and maybe even to the point of anarchy. The book depicts the physical crumble of charectors (when fighting), then illustrates the moral breakdown that they embrace.
Kyle, this is interesting, but I'm not sure I follow it entirely (not just your comments, but the novel at which they're directed). How can resurrection come out of destruction? (Well, I guess we've got the example of the crucifixion); but still, I wonder if this whole losing hope is freedom thing is simply a riff on that old Janis Joplin song.
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