And I Choose...

For my “Author’s Choice”, I decided to use the timed writing analysis of the film “Fight Club”. While I have seen this film numerous times I have never analyzed it in the manner that the course challenged me to undertake. I felt I delivered a strong thesis based on a deeper analysis of the film when viewed through this lens.

I felt the strength of my argument was influenced heavily by the conversations in the group discussions as well as analysis of feedback from prior work provided by my instructors. In addition, I feel this writing was further strengthened by taking a deeper look at my own personal concepts of conformity in my own peer groups. I have always been interested in my social life how certain “non-conformist” groups seem to share so many similar characteristics, in essence a contradiction of non-conformity itself. I felt I accurately represented this conflict in my analysis of the homogeneous nature of the members of Project Mayhem. As I state in my analysis: “my perception of non conformity was challenged, not by the actions of Project Mayhem, which clearly did not conform to society and culture, but rather to the strict nature of conformity within the group itself.”