Transcendentalism Directed by David Fincher and based off of a novel by Chuck Palahniuk; the 1999 cult classic, Fight Club, absolutely represents transcendentalism in several ways; the most prominent of which are the characteristics this fan favorite is best known for. The plot of Fight club begins with a main character who likes to conform because it makes him feel complete and comfortable. This person, “The Narrator”, ends up going down a path of absolute non-conformity in any way he can after meeting the primal, anarchist, devil’s advocate, Tyler Durden. Tyler's whole prospective on life has many remarkable similarities to Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience". Both present evidence that the mechanics of society are proven to lie by the people and their decisions. …show more content…
Tyler believes that society has too much control and that there is no need for anything in life other than one's self. The Narrator begins to see everyone around him the same way Tyler does, as “consumers, a byproduct of a life style obsession”. The main character lets Tyler lead the way to his new life objective; to stop being perfect. They get away from materialistic things. They own nothing because as Tyler tells The Narrator, “things you own end up owning you”. Tyler Durden’s philosophical views on life lead people to question the role they play as consumers in society's machine, or "the system", or whatever you want to call it. The two extreme poles of civil society, conformity, and relying on leadership and social classes, and then the nihilistic, self-sustaining anarchy that Tyler and The Narrator create; also solicits people to ask themselves where they draw their own boundaries on the matter and what this says about