Film Analysis: Fight Club

In the movie Fight Club, we are led to believe that the story itself contains various meanings and impacts for its viewers to grasp. In the beginning, one possible meaning that can be inferred is based on the effects of consumerism in society that dictate one’s worth, self-image, and identity. The narrator's desire for materialistic possessions founded on his belief that “the more one has, the more enriched their life would be” drastically impacted how he viewed himself. His view of having the most and doing the most posed an internal conflict within himself that masked his outlook on life. However, through the continuation of the story line and after losing every minute belonging to his name, writer Chuck Palahniuk begins to help us understand

Tyler represented a strong, powerful, and violent man that could withstand the stagnant rules of consumerism in society and not depend on the riches in life. The narrator was a weak, rule following citizen that no longer desired the typical influence society had on him. Fight club brought together the men ranging between the spectrum of the narrator and Tyler. This included men that were dealing with mental issues, the absence of their fathers, testicular cancer, convicts, and generally the men that were tired of working 9-5 who paid their taxes on time. Tired of blending into the identity of society and who society said they needed to be, the men along with the narrator joined an alliance to end the conformity. The group of troublesome men fighting various battles became fitting to the group and they found peace and a purpose within themselves. Taking their authoritative and possessive powers to an extreme extent, the narrator let the power go to his head. He planned to blow up the financial buildings in a far-fetched attempt to end consumerism and allow all men to go back to the beginning and start over. Leaving no one in debt, no one in competition, and no regimen to fit into society. Moving from support groups to a fight club, the narrator continued to seek identity within himself aside from who society

With the addition of insomnia and a personality disorder, the narrator of the movie Fight Club faced extraordinary challenges and went through various lengths to find himself aside from who society wanted him to be. In an attempt to change and control the society into becoming what he wished, he gathered other emasculated men to form an alliance against the conformity of consumerism. From jumping to any and all possible solutions to fill the void he felt in his life, it became difficult for him to keep up with his alter ego personality. Striving to find his identity by seeking help from doctors, sitting in on support groups, losing every possession he owned, fading in and out of consciousness, and creating a master plan to end the identity society placed on the men, he finally found his identity. Giving the men, including himself, the gift of starting over and a new beginning was what he had searched for from the very