Isolation In Fight Club

A simple definition of isolate is a cause to be or remain alone or apart from others, yet the possible emotional trauma resulting from isolation cannot be defined so simply. Director David Fincher, cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, and editor James Haygood, created a film titled Fight Club (1999) that is centered around a lonely character plagued with insomnia and narcolepsy. Since the audience never learns his real name, the main character referred to as The Narrator in the movie’s script. Fight Club starts off during the climax of the story and in order to deliver the story of how the opening scene came to be, the audience is lead back to what the main character feels is the beginning then he continues to narrate and guide the story through

This charade of pretending he belongs in each of these groups comes to a crashing halt once Marla’s audible clicking of heels break The Narrator's embrace with another character at a Testicular Cancer support group meeting. As the clicking grows louder the camera turns to watch as Marla enters the room smoking, then pauses for a close up shot of this new member. Following this shot, the camera turns back to the support group, who have stopped comforting one another to

With each shot, The Narrator’s expressions change from peaceful, confusion, shock, bitterness, fear and horror, and lastly to a look of defeat and exhaustion. The transition from bitterness to fear and horror, occurs as he angrily calls her a “tourist” then he realizes that she is a reflection of him. She is a physical reminder of The Narrator's guilt and loneliness, so he is no longer able to escape his own self and life by going to the groups. Unable to take responsibility for his deceptions, he pushes all blame and projects his anger onto