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I felt as though this article tied in fairly nicely with the overall theme of identity that we've been covering. I've read Palahniuk before, so I knew I'd probably like the story before I even began reading it. I thought that the main characters of the story were all just extremely narcissistic human beings, who draw a lot of comparisons to the actual CEO's and celebrities of today. I think we've all seen the multitude of movie stars who do telethons and/or go to fundraisers for various world problems, but are seen at any given award show wearing a $10,000 wardrobe. Palahniuk obviously has some disdain towards these people, and I love the names of his hilariously ironic (and fictional) charity events. The main idea I took away from the story was that even when these wealthy characters are willing to give up every material possession in their lives, they still weren't able to help save another person's life, for fear of having their name smeared. I really enjoyed the story and I think, as is with all of his writing, Palahniuk raises some very important social questions to the reader.