Fight Club

Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
1996

Chuck Palahniuk uses a form of communication that is most odd and almost never used by normal authors anywhere. Then again, Chuck Palahniuk is no normal author. Palahniuk, instead of connecting himself with his reader, as most authors do, he connects his reader directly to the content of his book. Palahniuks shocking way of introducing the reader to his book pulls his reader into his books content and character right away. The reader then is able to freely connect with Palahniuks wonderful creation of a dark, violent side of life that no one has ever experienced. By connecting his reader with his books content right away, Palahniuk is able to hook the reader well enough to keep them the entire book.
Next, Palahniuk connects himself and his way of writing not to his reader, but to his books content. Palahniuk writes in a crazed, insane way. This allows him to identify himself with his books content, therefore indirectly linking himself with his reader. This long, stretched relationship allows the reader to enjoy Palahniuks writing without ever having to make the reader identify himself with the author himself. This is an interesting and successful way to draw Palahniuks readers in because it focuses more on the content of the book and less on the author, making the book more powerful and influential.