Fight Club Meanings

Submitted by: icanseehimrightnow
Added: 2009-09-17 08:03:01     Rating:

Fight Club is about materialism, and how it stops us humans from evolving. It's destroying the basic principles of society, because people think they will be happy with material objects that they want, but it's only making them less happy with their lives. 'More is Less' and vice-versa, as you see through Tyler Durden, who is almost the opposite of The narrator in the sense of materialism. "Advertisement has us chasing cars and clothes, getting jobs we don't want to buy shit we don't need." This is very important in the understanding of Fight Club, as it shows that big-name brands and in-fashion things are only wanted because of their advertisement and reputation among the lifeless society who live in this world. Basically, people are living unnecessary lives as they work the job that they can get, buy the things that they 'want' but only because of advertisement. Tyler is very anti-materialistic, and The narrator creates him because he wants someone that can save him, that can redeem him from living in the world that is now pointless and mistaken.

I'm sorry if I couldn't get the point across, but I could go for a very long time If I got in to detail.

In my opinion Tylor is not in any way a positive character. His views on everything appear to be correct and liberating but what turns out of his ideas is mass destruction and another form of order - which is similar to military order.

Tylor is not a real person. He is created in the half awake mind of the main character. Tylor is a representation of everything the main character of the movie wants to be - he is a rebel he has the answer to everything he has a radical new way of thinking and independently living his life. He knows what he wants and how to get it. He doesn't seem to be restricted by common morals. He is also an excellent lover.

Once the main character is introduced to Tylor's views on life he is fascinated by them. He starts to stand for himself, he doesn't pay attention to people's opinions or his boss's demands. He also has the courage blackmail his boss.

Later things turn around when the main character finds out he doesn't know a lot about Tylor's plans or actions. He is frustrated either by the fact nothing depends on him anymore or by the consequenceс of Tylor's projects. And he decides to attempt and stop them only to find he is incapable of doing so ( in the book the policemen cut his testicles, in the movie he manages to escape)

In the end he is able to kill Tylor by shooting himself - an act which might represent him letting go of his unrealistic desires. He overcomes his wish to be a this amazing person Tylor represents.

"You met me in a very strange time of my life" - he tells Marla as the buildings in front of them are collapsing

Submitted by: 123whitepawn
Added: 2010-03-09 03:28:03     Rating:

On the surface Fight Club appears to be a brilliant movie commenting on modern society's degradation of man into a materialistic, superficially obsessed drone. In my opinion it is indeed a brilliant movie. However, its not really just about how superficial and materialistic people have become. Its about how in doing so society has alienated the main character. He creates Tyler to deal with this sense of isolation and detachment from society which consequently aims at destroying society. The irony is that in the beginning the main character, tyler, genuinely needed help, he could not sleep and society turned him away to deal with things on his own hence his becoming delusional. The doctor symbolizes the selfish, un-compassionate, values which tyler later seeks to destroy.

Submitted by: givememypillow
Added: 2010-05-13 20:39:26     Rating:

Forget about the obvious meaning, the misery of the working man and his loss of power over his own life in order to keep buying stuff that proves he is successful.

This movie is totally about "Jack" aka skinny Tyler falling in love with Marla. She represents everything he desperately tries to not become. His power animal; the penguin, mate for life. Marla looks like a penguin after the first power animal scene. Marla is his Power animal! He cries for the first time with "Bob with the bitch tits." He cries essentially with the aid of a womans breasts. Men are not allowed to cry and feel ok about it, but since Bob is a man, "jack" feels secure enough to do so. With Marla around, he's programmed to put on his masculine mask hence no tears. He is insecure,lonely, sleep deprived so Tyler is introduced. Tyler the all around perfect man's man. When he is Tyler, he can be with Marla. when he is jack, he cannot.

Anyway, Tyler and Marla are so similar in so many ways. They have a similar attitude, have both "hit bottom" both toss their cigs the same way. Except Jack hates Marla and worships Tyler? I think Jack/Tyler's whole breakdown is a result of his inability to allow himself to love and trust a woman. In the end, he ends up with her anyway because he proves to himself that muscles do not make the man, nor do material possessions. From the moment he saw her, she was in everything, in his groups, in his cave, in Tyler. She is what was missing in his perfect condo.

The narrator creates Tyler for the things in life he can't do himself. The narrator also endures pain so he can live free in the future.

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