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por Andrea Morales 5 anos atrás

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THE FIGHT CLUB - ENGLISH PROYECT DELIEVER NO. 1

A man begins a complex journey of self-discovery and rebellion against societal norms after meeting Marla and becoming entangled in a relationship with her. The film centers on his struggles with existential issues, as he grapples with the meaning of life despite having a stable job and material possessions.

THE FIGHT CLUB - ENGLISH PROYECT DELIEVER NO. 1

He meets Marla and start a relationship with her.

The Fight Club

Second Characters

The Bartender
He calls The Narrator as MR. DURDEN

This is very important because The Narrator understands he is actually Tyler Durden.

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.

Angel Face
Space Monkeys
Are the devote members of the FIGHT CLUB which join to the MAYHEM PROYECT whiwhi
Big Bob
Then, he joins to THE FIGHT CLUB.
He is a man who knows The Narrator in his group therapy session.of testicular cancer.

Main Relationships

Marla Singer and The Narrator Relationship
At the end, it seems they start a relationship.
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.

They met in group therapy for victims of testicular cancer.

The Narrator only cries when Marla doesn't appear at the grupal therapy.

Both feel comfortable going to group therapies because they are distracted from their reality.

Tyler Durden and The Narrator Relationship
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.

Tyler and the Narrator quickly became friends.

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.

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.

They met in a plane.

The Narrator's begins to live in Tyler's House.

And start a relationship after Tyler burns the Narrator's appartment.

Main Characters

Portrayed by Brad Pitt

He's charismatic

The Narrator's alter-ego

He's a leader

JOB

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.

He works at night jobs

Blackmails people.

As the Narrator's split personality he has his ideas about the world.

TYLER IDEALS ABOUT THE WORLD

His ideal world is like an post-apocalyptic place when everyone is free of capitalist and material things.

Wanting to break the link in the production and consumption chain.

Attack the consumist system of the USA and the world

The global capitalist and financial system is wrong and must be changed and rebuilt.

Is the Narrator double personality

Is the product of Narrator's insomnia problems and part of his existencial crisis about his materialist and empty life.

This fact is only known at the end of the movie.

Is portrayed by Edward Norton
FACTS ABOUT TYLER

PERSONALITY

Generic human.

The center of everything.

Frustated.

Boring.

Tyler Durden is his repressed personality

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.

Has chronic insomnia because of his boring life.

Because of that, the narrator begins to attend therapy groups

He's lonely, unhappy and wants to fill his empty life with material things.

HE IS A SALESMAN

Works for a car company

"Federated Motor Corporation"

He splits the job after meet Marla and Tyler.

Marla Singer
Marla is the feminine reflection of the personality of the protagonist.
Has a sexual relationship with Tyler Durden.
She also attends to support groups.

She attends to the groups for entertaintment.

She met the Narrator in a testicular cancer group

Doesn't have a lot of money

She used to steal food from delivery vans and clothing from laundromats to survive.

Is a lonely woman

What's the Fight Club?

The Consequences of the FIGHT CLUB
The success of the FIGHT CLUB causes several that many FIGHT CLUBS open around the country.
This is the start of a serious movement.

The Project Mayhem

by Tyler Durden

The Beggining of the Fight Club
The PURPOUSE of the Fight Club

Everyone can be admitted if only keep in mind the rules of the club.

It is a nightclub hidden only for men that seeks that those people who join must fight every night to free themselves.

FOUNDED BY

Tyler Durden

The Narrator

8th RULE: If this is your first night at FIGHT CLUB, you HAVE to fight.
7th RULE: Fights will go on as long as they have to.
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
5th RULE: One fight at a time.
4th RULE: Only two guys to a fight.
3th RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the fight is over.
2th RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB.
1th RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.

The Mayhem project as a REVOLUTION AGAINST THE CONSUMERISM.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROJECT MAYHEM
The Narrator doesn't fit with at all with the proyect.

IT CAUSES MORAL ISSUES BETWEEN THE PROYECT AND THE NARRATOR

The Narrator can't delete his genereic personality that refuses to stop fitting into society

The Narrator tries to stop the Project Mayhem

Many of the members left their individuality to belong to the project.
The Proyect Mayhem constantly wants to break the system
MAIN OBJETIVES OF THE PROJECT MAYHEM

Remove ties to society.

Recreate a new society free of materialism.

Break the current social system

RULES
"You have to trust Mr. Durden."
"No lies."
"No excuses."
"You don't ask questions about Project Mayhem."
"You don't ask questions about Project Mayhem"
A project against the corporate system of capitalist companies.
The space monkeys must follow the orders of Tyler to achieve the movement that would end the financial institutions.
Is the replace of the Fight Club.

Main Analisis

The film focuses on four main axes
Anarchism

Tyler wants a world free of material stuff and the capitalism idea of happiness.

Tyler wants with Project Mayhem to get back to the times when society had not evolved

There weren't people programmed to fit into society.

There weren't social structures

Tyler thinks that society has not really evolved because it is tied to the financial system.

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.

The Narrator doesn't have a real personality.

He has the personality that the society wants to have.

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 struggle against consumerism.

We're slaves of the money and capitalism progress

Because everything turns around

Have a lot of unnecessary stuff

Money

Social status

Technology is evil

We are slaves of our technological progress

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.

Materialism

This movie clearly shows the kind of prototype of society nowdays.

People constantly think that material possessions are everything.

There is a saturation of advertising to purchase things we don't need.

For example, the IKEA Scene