Talk:Survivor (Palahniuk novel)

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Wow; that's very long! How about somebody shortening this? I'll do it when I have the time if no-one else does.

Explanation from Palahniuk's website

{{spoiler}} From the article:

However, it has been stated by the author that Tender survives, and an explanation of how he does is available on Chuck Palahniuk's official website.

I wasn't able to find the answer on Palahniuk's site. Anybody know what it was? That should probably be added to the article. Jeff Silvers 10:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article is located at http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/survivor/survivorending.php

That URL is actually incorrect, did you type it from memory?... Here's the actual address:

http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/survivor/ending-survivor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumbo.ears22 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   Fertility Hollis is obviously modelled after Cassandra, who according to ancient Greek mythology could see the predict the future, but was cursed by Apollo so that no-one would believe her predictions. Similarly, Fertility Hollis cannot influence the future in any way, suggesting the absence of free will.

This is included in the themes section. I think there needs to be more proof that Fertility is, in fact, modeled after Cassandra. I can see the obvious similarities, but I don't see why it's impossible that Palahniuk may have come up with the idea of a psychic who people don't believe. I think there needs to be some kind of support and source that actually links the two. Kiega 22:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Palahniuk wrote on his website that the book is actually an allegory about the meaninglessness of the individual in the educational system, does someone want to paraphrase and cite this article? http://chuckpalahniuk.net/books/survivor/index.php —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.190.76.202 (talk) 19:30, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Film Adaptation?

Could we get a source for this? --Korvax (talk) 17:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Themes

Fame/Celebrity should be added to the themes, no? Struck me as the driving force behind the book. Svernon19 (talk) 03:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]