Ego Is the Enemy on Ask the Dust: “In John Fante's Ask the Dust (part of a series known as The Bandini Quartet), this young writer doesn't experience the life he is living...”
Ego Is the Enemy on The Moviegoer: “In Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, his protagonist, Binx, is addicted to watching movies...”
Ego Is the Enemy on A Farewell to Arms: “The understanding he took from them is expressed timelessly in his book A Farewell to Arms. He wrote, 'The world breaks every one...'”
Ego Is the Enemy on Fight Club: “In the novel Fight Club, the character Jack's apartment is blown up... Later it turns out that Jack blew it up himself.”
Ego Is the Enemy on Old School: “As the author Tobias Wolff writes in his novel Old School, these explanations and stories get 'cobbled together later...'”
Ego Is the Enemy on What Makes Sammy Run?: “the consequences are closer to the ending of one of my favorite books, What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg, a novel whose famous character is based on the real lives of entertainment entrepreneurs...”
Ego Is the Enemy on Into the Wild: “The tragic end to the Into the Wild story is the result of youthful naiveté and a lack of preparation.”