Fight Club Analysis In David Fincher’s Film Fight Club, the narrator creates an alter-ego named Tyler Durden, who is a dominant, masculine figure. The narrator works a desk job, which often requires him to travel, and lives a boring, average life. When traveling for work, the narrator meets Tyler Durden on the plane, and he thinks Tyler is a separate person. Tyler and the narrator become extremely close, and Tyler pushes him to live a more exciting yet brutal life. During all the time they spend together, the narrator and Tyler have interesting conversations and actions with underlying sexual themes. Fight Club’s persistent focus on “sex scenes” throughout the film indicate that the narrator wants to be like Tyler and to be with him. Tyler