Fight Club

     

     In my opinion, Fight Club is undoubtedly a revolution in filming. It is my favorite movie because of it's various storytelling methods, motifs, subliminal messages, and dark humor. For those of you have watched the film, how could you ever forget the story. For those who haven't watched the movie, "You haven't lived". However, I will provide a very brief summary. 

                                                                

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Narrator 

The story begins with an emotionally disturbed unnamed protagonist, who is looking for a sense of self worth due to the prejudice and laws of society. After the realization that he is at the bottom of societal standards, he meets Tyler Durden who is a reject with a suave and nonchalant attitude who refuses to live within the standards of society. As time goes on the two grow to be best friends because as they say "Opposites Attract". As the two completely different men spend more and more time around each other, Tyler Durden seems to rub off more and more onto the protagonist. Teaching him how to drop the values that hold him back from living up to his full potential. Tyler Durden taught the protagonist that only when they've lost everything that holds value to them are they free to do anything. The two friends soon create a secret society called Fight Club. In this club, or brotherhood, men from various aspects of life go toe to toe in hand to hand combat. 

Tyler Durden in Combat

      By battling each other in brutal combat the men start to realize that the things they valued due to societal standard weren't actually important. They began to take on the idea of Existentialism. With the brotherhood of Fight Club increasing day by day, Both the narrator and Tyler Durden effortlessly created an army of relentless revolutionaries who are willing to fight "The Man" and the expectations society has for them. So in hopes of making society forget about the irrelevant values that they uphold on a daily basis, the radical group decided to blow up multiple IRS buildings in the hopes of destroying everyone's financial files and sending all their debts back to zero. While Tyler's mission was in progress, the narrator began to feel left out, seeing how he had no idea what the plan was. After days of the protagonist searching for Tyler, he realizes that he is Tyler Durden. He created Tyler Durden as an alter ego in order to combat the passive aggression he had. There was never a Tyler Durden. The narrator was the leader of Fight Club. Tyler Durden acted as the embodiment of his inner desires.
     After much thought I began to read in between the lines. The protagonist was unnamed because he represented the men of America who have been raised by society to live up to their standards. A generation of men raised by women, with the expectation of getting whatever jobs the economy allowed them. Tyler Durden however represented the hopes and aspirations of men. In society men follow the laws of society, but on the inside these men want to rebel. They want to drop the things they have been taught to value and follow whatever desires their hearts seek. 

 To the left is one of the famous quotes from the film that expresses the philosophy of letting go of the societal standards that doesn't truly matter but we allow to control our every action. People get jobs that they don't truly want in order to get money for things they don't truly need. We all want to buy that Ferrari, but it isn't because we truly need it. It's because we want to not only make others envious, but we want to attract others. But why do we use expensive objects in order to attract others while society pretends to frown upon materialistic people. That is one of the many lessons Tyler Durden taught not only his brotherhood but he taught me. In conclusion, BEST FILM EVER!