Blog #5 Suspense or Pathos

About half way through the book Fight Club there is a point where there is conflict, between Tyler Durden and the Narrator, and their bosses. Tyler goes on about pissing in the creme brulee, sneazing on food and how he's been a food industry terrorist. He threatens to go public about this unless he gets paid his normal wage plus tips. He provokes his boss to beat him, and provokes him even further by saying things like "Go ahead, you cant kill me. You stupid fuck, beat the crap out of me. But you can't kill me." And makes it evident that he has everything to loose, where Tyler has nothing to loose. A similar tention occurs between the Narrator and his boss, where he demands that he gets paid, in return for never setting foot in his company again. When the boss refuses his demands, the narrator proceeds to beat himself senseless, he continues on with his insanity until he's at the bosses feet, and just as the chapter closes, security walks in. That is the climax for suspense in this section of the book, and its done very well, using the insanity and cleverness of both the narrator and Tyler to help add to the intensity.