Fifth Post

Two Elements

 in my book, "Invisible Monsters" by Chuck Palahniuk, I've noticed that a constant is that all the characters want to be loved for who they are, and will go very far to get that sort of attention. For instance, Shannon McFarlane, the main character, as it had been described throughout the book, suffered a gunshot to her head, blowing off her jaw as her was driving. Her life seemed lovely right before, she was a beautiful model and dating a gorgeous guy, and was wealthy. In reality, Shannon shot off her own jaw, because she knew that forever if not, she would get most of her attention because she was beautiful, not for what's inside. Another example of how I see that trait within the characters could be
within Brandy Alexander. As it turns out, Brandy is Shannon's brother, Shane who has step by step been physically becoming a female, and looking exactly like Shannon used to.
As a teenager, when a sore throat turned out to be gonorrhoea and his parents found out and accused and didn't accept him of being gay, he suffered a terrible "accident" when a hairspray can exploded and blew up in his face in a garbage can and he finally got all the attention that he craved, out of sympathy.

Another factor that I think is important is the some of the characters ability to remould and in a way restart, parts of their lives. Shannon remoulded her life the way she wants by changing her appearance by disfiguring her face to be loved differently, “I'm so tired of being me. Me beautiful. Me ugly. Blonde. Brunette. A million fucking fashion makeovers that only leave me trapped being me.

Who I was before the accident is just a story now. Everything before now, before now, before now, is just a story I carry around. I guess that would apply to anybody in the world. What I need is a new story about who I am.

What I need to do is fuck up so bad I can't save myself.” (Chuck Palaniuk, Invisible Monsters) and her brother changes as far as changing his sex and his looks, starting over as Brandy Alexander.