This lesson contains 16 slides, with text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
Fight Club
Lesson 7
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Video
What is Project Mayhem?
What is Project Mayhem's Goal?
Slide 3 - Slide
Slide 4 - Video
Theme
A theme is a concept or idea that an author explores in a literary work.
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Altered Book Project
Groups of 4-5
Each member picks a topic
2-3 paragraph written response
creative representation in one of the novels
Slide 6 - Slide
Topic 1:
Consumerism, Perfection, and Modernity
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Topic 2:
Masculinity in Modern Society
Slide 8 - Slide
Topic 3:
Death, Pain, and the “Real”
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Topic 4:
Rebellion and Sacrifice
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Topic 5:
Repression and the Unconscious Mind
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Theme in Fight Club
For one topic, write down 5-6 details from Fight Club (such as specific plot points, symbols, or quotes) that the author uses to explore that theme and enter them in the Evidence section of the table
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Next, use the evidence you’ve collected to write a Theme Description that explains the role of the theme in Fight Club. Your Theme Description should be 1-2 paragraphs. Here are some questions to consider as you write each Theme
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Description
How do the ideas or actions of the main characters reflect different aspects of the theme?
Does the theme develop or change over the course of Fight Club? If so, how?
If your evidence includes symbols, explain how the author uses those symbols to explore the theme.
If your evidence includes specific quotes from the text, explain how those quotes provide examples of how the theme applies to Fight Club?
Lesson duration is: 60 min
