Talk:Survivor (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.
[edit] Explanation from Palahniuk's website
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)
The article is located at http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/survivor/survivorending.php
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)
