The Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk: pages 198- 250

Young Chuck a man of many talents and interest. He never shys away from a subject to talk about, everything is free game, open season. The way he leads the reader through plot changes and the evolution of the characters is truly amazing. Instead of normal conflict between two parties, people commit suicide, not so much as to the extent of killing yourself on purpose but rather through other activities. I wouldn't say the cutting off of your own ear falls under this category but definitely death by over exercising or over eating dried out foods would. With such events, I personally would be almost traumatized seeing any of the above, i don't see death that often and I want to it stay that way. With these events the characters all take the same approach and that is to be greedy. Now some people are affected, but most are just thinking of there own fortune and what they can get of this debacle. The earnings for the possible stories written, movies made and everything else from this will be off the charts, so everyone is just thinking about lining their own pockets. Maybe it's just human nature, but it seems we, as a whole race, bask in other peoples misfortune.