Fight Club

Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
1996

Chuck Palahniuks most common use of persuasion/hook in this book is his use of shock. Palahniuk draws up a story that defys American standards and crosses the boundaries of any moral guidelines the world ever had. This exposure to another side of life, this breaking of the perfect bubble that we live in shows the reader that life can be different. Life can be insane, life can be violent, life can be knocking someones teeth out, and life can have "space monkeys." Palahniuk seeks to stick a needle in our covering to this more real world and to shatter any bonds we may have with our old lives. This new world is full of hideous wonder, full to the brim with crime violence and evil. Readers are curious about this side of life Palahniuk gives us. They want to learn more. So Palahniuk provides their curiosity with more of this dark side. He gives more intensive violence, fighting, and crime.
Another form that Palahniuk uses in his book Fight Club is his use of emphasis. Chuck Palahniuk uses short sentences, common phrases, and jumping around language to make his book seem like his character. With both Palahniuks character and book seemingly insane, he shows the reader that thier life is not perfect. They could end up like this too.