Guess What?: CHOKE !

I have begun a new book now by Chuck Palahniuk and it is Choke, one of his best sellers. The first two chapters that I have read are absolutely amazing. I am already enjoying this book a lot more than my first one. Nothing has come up about my essential question yet, but the book is pretty long and I am sure once I figure things out they will appear. Palahniuk warns readers in the first chapter to not read the book which I believe to be funny in a way and he also tells the reader that they will not like the main character. I see this as ironic because wouldn't an author want his book to sell, but instead is telling people in the first chapter not to read it and says that the protagonist is someone that they will not enjoy or like. :/ I am very confused by this but it actually made me even more interested in reading to the second chapter, which I have just finished tonight. The second chapter jumps into the book and with a great opening scene. It opens with people entering a Sexaholics meeting. From the beginning I already know that I will be able to pick up evidence and quotes that help answer and support my essential question. I am really in love with the way Palahniuk writes because it reminds of LUCKY,A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and VIRGIN SUICIDES. I do not know why but I love the addiction and grim stories. I love one's like A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and this one that are very descriptive and use very explicit words to describe everything that is happening. It makes for a much more interesting story. Any questions leave a comment.

-- L. Katz :]

ENDING (sorry but this is going to be a long blog) :]

To end this wonderful discussion on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson decides to put the rescue of Jekyll in the hands of his old friend Lanyson. At the end of the chapter Jekyll reveals to Lanyson that he is Hyde by transforming from Hyde to Jekyll directly in front of him. This entire scene can be related to how everyone in the world gives off a perception that they want people to have of them and that is why they care so much about how people perceive them. In this case it shows how in almost any circumstance that there is always one person who is your best/oldest from or family member or relative who knows who you truly are and who can truly see you for you and who you trust the most. Jekyll trusted Lanyson so much that he was unable to "unmask" his secret right in front of him. What bothers me is that after reading this I was shocked to find out that he constantly changed from one to the other, just a people become different everytime they are around a certain group or groups of people. In Jekyll's closing statement at the end of the book he explains everything he went through and how he knew what might happen and then he cares so much about what people think. It makes me absolutely hate him and ugh. He says that he liked Hyde because he was younger, smaller and lighter. Of course he likes Hyde because everyone in the known world would want to me lighter, smaller and younger. This all relates back to self perception and how others perceive. To me it is one vicious circle and even I will admit the no one, not even the person who believes that they do not care what others think, still care what others think. It has to do with the lonely factor of not being accepted as who you are. Some one will always change one thing just to fit in with some group of friends. This deals with what in the brain makes us this way and it is because we need to feel accepted in order to not develop social problems or depression problems.

--- L. Katz ( On to the next book )