The Fight Club
Main Analisis
The film focuses on four main axes
Materialism
This movie clearly
shows the kind of
prototype of society
nowdays.
People constantly think
that material possessions
are everything.
For example, the IKEA Scene
There is a saturation of advertising to
purchase things we don't need.
The struggle
against consumerism.
The film shows ideals that fight
against consumerism represented
by the character of Tyler.
Tyler says that for the
human being to be free,
he must leave worry over
material things.
Technology is
evil
We are slaves of our technological progress
We're slaves of
the money and
capitalism progress
Because everything
turns around
Social status
Money
Have a lot
of unnecessary
stuff
Meaning of life
The protagonist has existential
problems since his life does not make
sense even though he has a stable job
and material objects.
That is why the character of the narrator
seeks to give meaning to the
therapeutic groups he attends.
When he meets his alter-ego Tyler, he forces him to free himself from earthly bonds and pain in order to be free.
The Narrator doesn't have
a real personality.
He has the personality
that the society wants to
have.
Anarchism
Tyler wants a world free
of material stuff and
the capitalism idea of
happiness.
Tyler thinks that society
has not really evolved
because it is tied to the
financial system.
Tyler wants with Project
Mayhem to get back to the times
when society had not evolved
There weren't social structures
There weren't people
programmed to fit into society.
The Mayhem project as a REVOLUTION
AGAINST THE CONSUMERISM.
A project against the corporate
system of capitalist companies.
Is the replace of the Fight Club.
The space monkeys
must follow the orders of
Tyler to achieve the
movement that would
end the financial institutions.
RULES
"You don't ask questions about Project Mayhem"
"You don't ask questions
about Project Mayhem."
"No excuses."
"No lies."
"You have to trust Mr. Durden."
The Proyect Mayhem
constantly wants to break
the system
MAIN OBJETIVES OF THE
PROJECT MAYHEM
Break the current social system
Recreate a new society free of
materialism.
Remove ties to society.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE
PROJECT MAYHEM
Many of the members left
their individuality to belong
to the project.
The Narrator doesn't fit with
at all with the proyect.
IT CAUSES MORAL
ISSUES BETWEEN
THE PROYECT AND
THE NARRATOR
The Narrator tries
to stop the Project
Mayhem
The Narrator can't
delete his genereic
personality that refuses
to stop fitting into society
What's the Fight Club?
RULES
1th RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
2th RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB.
3th RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the fight is over.
4th RULE: Only two guys to a fight.
5th RULE: One fight at a time.
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
7th RULE: Fights will go on as long as they have to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at FIGHT CLUB, you HAVE to fight.
The Beggining of the Fight Club
FOUNDED BY
The Narrator
Tyler Durden
The PURPOUSE of the
Fight Club
It is a nightclub hidden only for men that seeks that those people who join must fight every night to free themselves.
Everyone can be
admitted if only keep
in mind the rules of
the club.
The Consequences of
the FIGHT CLUB
This is the start of
a serious movement.
The Project
Mayhem
by Tyler Durden
The success of the FIGHT CLUB causes several that many FIGHT CLUBS open around the country.
Main Characters
Marla Singer
Is a lonely woman
Doesn't have a lot of money
She used to steal food from delivery vans and clothing from laundromats to survive.
She also attends to support
groups.
She met the Narrator
in a testicular cancer group
She attends to the groups for
entertaintment.
Has a sexual relationship
with Tyler Durden.
Marla is the feminine reflection
of the personality of the protagonist.
The Narrator
HE IS A SALESMAN
Works for a car company
"Federated Motor Corporation"
He splits the job after
meet Marla and Tyler.
FACTS ABOUT TYLER
He's lonely, unhappy and wants to fill his empty life with material things.
Has chronic insomnia
because of his boring
life.
Because of that, the narrator
begins to attend therapy
groups
After Tyler sets fire to his
apartment after meeting
on a plane, he begins a
friendship with him.
Then, he found the Fight
Club
He left the therapy groups
and he becomes addicted to
night fights every night in
THE FIGHT CLUB.
Tyler Durden is
his repressed
personality
PERSONALITY
Generic human.
Boring.
Frustated.
The center of
everything.
Is portrayed by
Edward Norton
Tyler Durden
Is the Narrator double
personality
This fact is only known
at the end of the movie.
Is the product of Narrator's
insomnia problems and part
of his existencial crisis about
his materialist and empty life.
FACTS ABOUT TYLER
As the Narrator's
split personality he
has his ideas about
the world.
TYLER IDEALS ABOUT THE WORLD
Attack the consumist
system of the USA and
the world
The global capitalist and
financial system is wrong
and must be changed
and rebuilt.
Wanting to break the link
in the production and
consumption chain.
His ideal world
is like an post-apocalyptic
place when everyone is
free of capitalist and
material things.
JOB
He works at night jobs
Blackmails people.
Also, Tyler collects containers
of human fat to sell them as
an input to create soap.
Human fat is also used as an
explosive later in Project Mayhem.
PERSONALITY
He's a leader
He's charismatic
The Narrator's alter-ego
Portrayed by
Brad Pitt
Main Relationships
Tyler Durden and
The Narrator Relationship
They met in a plane.
And start a relationship
after Tyler burns the Narrator's
appartment.
The Narrator's begins
to live in Tyler's House.
Tyler and the Narrator
quickly became friends.
They fight every night
as a ritual
People became insterested
in their fights and found
the FIGHT CLUB.
This would be the start
of the Fight Club movement.
Tyler pushes the narrator
to discover happiness
by touching bottom.
Tyler constantly pushes
him to stop thinking
about the material
and concentrate on
enjoying the moment.
Tyler is actually,
THE MAIN ANTAGONIST
Tyler thinks the Narrator
is pathetic because of his
submissive personality
with society.
He fails because
the Narrator wants
to kill him at the end.
Marla Singer and
The Narrator Relationship
They met in group therapy
for victims of testicular cancer.
Both feel comfortable going
to group therapies because
they are distracted from
their reality.
The Narrator only
cries when Marla
doesn't appear at the
grupal therapy.
The Narrator feels identified
with Marla Singer
Marla is represented
as his negativity, self-deception
and personality
Because of that,
the Narrator avoids her
a lot of times.
At the end,
it seems they
start a relationship.
Second Characters
Big Bob
He is a man who knows The Narrator in his group
therapy session.of testicular cancer.
Then, he joins to THE FIGHT CLUB.
Space Monkeys
Are the devote members of the
FIGHT CLUB which join to the MAYHEM
PROYECT whiwhi
Angel Face
The Narrator's Boss
He represents what is right for society
because it is propped up, neat and very
well adapted.
He does not always get along with the narrator.
The Bartender
He calls The Narrator
as MR. DURDEN
This is very important because
The Narrator understands he is
actually Tyler Durden.