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As we grow more dependent upon our property, we slowly lose sight of what should truly be important to us. This reminds me of a story a teacher once told me. One day in class the teacher picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked us if the jar was full. We agreed that it was. So then he picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between golf balls. He then asked us again if the jar was full. We agreed it was. Next, he picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. The teacher said, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life." .
The golf balls are the important things for instance, your family, children, health, and friends. If everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls." The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Tyler knew this. He wanted to destroy what the narrator .
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valued most, his possessions. The narrator's life was to full with "pebbles" to let any of the "golf balls" in. .
Another character named Marla Singer becomes a different kind of victim in this movie. Since consumer culture has influenced people to value possessions more then people, its harder to find people who will love her. She goes to support groups because "when people think your dying they really listen to you instead of waiting for their turn to speak." (FC 00:16:30) After Marla gets tired of the social groups she takes a lethal dose of xanax then calls the narrator looking for someone to care for her.