Compare And Contrast Wit And Fight Club

In Wit and Fight Club we see similarities not only on the layout of the story line and the layout of the characters but also between the character developments within both stories. In both stories as we’ve seen the authors use the element of an illness, whether it was mental or physical, to develop who their character is. But what we also see is how the illness element changes the characters themselves. In both writings we see the characters affected by the illness that portrays them. We see this in Wit through the fact that Vivian goes from a strong scholar to a dependent patient. Vivian first appears to be a strong and opinionated person when described before the cancer. When her character is developed after she finds out
Both Vivian and the Narrator are affected by an illness that changes them, due to this change they are then able to realize who they really are as a person. As we’ve seen in Wit Vivian is affected by cancer, an illness that causes her to undergo change. She then figures out who she is due to this change. We see her figure out who she through memories of her past. The illness gives Vivian time to reflect upon the person she has been and realize how she has changed as a person. Leading her to realize she isn’t the person she always thought she was. We see this specifically at the point in which she is thinking about a class lecture and how hard she had been on her students at the time. How she had been studying this whole time about living life to the fullest, but hadn’t been nice to her students as well as not truly living her life. She realized that she hadn’t had positive human contact and that in life that is all she needs. She becomes close to her nurse, Susie, and finds herself in the simple things. She realizes she enjoys peace and comfort from others, and that life isn’t just about studies (Edson). Through the help of the illness Vivian finds herself, and becomes the peaceful person she has always wanted to be. We see this back up by the statement “Vivian's gradual shift of allegiance from her cold, brilliant doctor to her caring, dim-witted nurse marks her progress toward this supposed illumination. Jason and Susie function as allegorical figures; a modern Faustus, Vivian is torn between the allure of the intellectual life (Jason) and the possibility of redemption (Susie). Unlike Faustus, however, Vivian ultimately chooses the better angel. Eating popsicles with Susie may not make for a "profound" experience, but, as Vivian admits, it