Fight Club Analysis Essay Essay

Fight Club film/novel Essay
The Film Fight Club is not just a crazy man’s script. There is an equally as fascinating novel behind this masterpiece written by Chuck Palahniuk that is also titled “Fight Club”. The story follows a nameless narrator through a major change in his life. He has everything, a well paying job, nice condo, and even a respectable wardrobe. He lacks one thing though, which is sleep. Our nameless narrator suffers from insomnia and cannot sleep. This roots all of his problems for his later departure from himself as a person. The narrator struggles with his disorder and needs a way out. Meet Tyler Durden, a self created alter ego that takes him away from his insomnia. As our narrator believes that Tyler is his new friend and companion, they start the fight club as a way to let go from society and free themselves from its restraints for an hour out of the week. This club multiplies and before he knows it, Tyler has a full blown underground cult with a “Project Mayhem” that he seems to know nothing about. He feels he knows where and what Tyler is doing, but he can’t quite grasp it, like he is always one step ahead of him. But when everything seems so lost for our narrator, it is the closest he has come to reality. He is Tyler Durden, and he is the leader of the cult organization. When he thinks he sleeps, he is out, he is Tyler. And when he is awake and “following” Tyler silently, he is watching himself, yet in a body and appearance he could never dream of. Tyler Durden is everything our narrator wanted to be, he just couldn’t do it. So he self created…himself. This is a great story and it has many hidden meanings to it. The novel and the film are not much different at all. But three things that caught my eye about the film/novel are that it raises many issues that make you think about, the film plot is entertaining, and the films images are very interesting.
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