Fight Club Film Analysis - Part 2

"Middle children of history" - Explaining the ideology of Tyler Durden and the similarities to marxism

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[HankLafayette]

If consumer debt were erased, people would build it back up again just as they had before. Think of how lottery winners usually end up poor again. People are poor (in debt) as a result of their behavior, not as a result of "oppressive" credit card companies. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy designer clothing. Take away debt and people will build it back up again.

Also, Communism doesn't empower masculinity; under Marxism gender is considered irrelevant and masculinity is a "social construct."

[MrKoolmew]

T.Durden's purpose as a character is to wake the audience about their condition.

The particular moment where T.Durden is looking directly to the camera (you're not your job...) is the ultimate rethoric to tell us that.

The irony being the most popular star in the world saying this truth!!!

[DownSociety]

@qwame100 No... his name is Robert Paulson.

[hahayoauds]

@qwame100 You can argue that, but technically his name is Tyler, he just does not realize it until the end when he calls Marla on the phone from the hotel. But I assume the narrator of this video is using "Jack" because of Norton's repeated references to the magazines that were featured in the start of the movie. I am not saying you are wrong, but I have seen Fight Club broadcast on TV and the closed caption assign "Jack" to Norton's character. Just a difference perspective, is all.

[MrKoolmew]

T. Durden is exactly what Ed norton's character isn't.

So logically, he admires this guy able to do whatever he wouldn't have dared.

T.Durden is the ultimate counterpart to any society's sheep.

The fight club is the answer to a system that virtually allows a car company to let people die in their car for a monetary consideration.

Its members are the last free spirits who refuses to be part of that system...

[MrKoolmew]

But his very soultions to sleep like a baby are frustrated again by the arrivals of Marla who represent both problem and solution.

Problem for she acts like him since she comes here to release her pain too.

Solution for since he falls in love with her, they could have shared their misery together helping each other to face the world into love.

But the character is such coward that he needs an extra personnality to push him away.

This is where T.Durden comes into play

[MrKoolmew]

So the only solution he figures to put himself back on track is to see a doctor.

All he wants in the end is to sleep.

The luck in his unluck is having met a reluctant doctor, unwilling to respond his consumer's complains by refusing to give him some sleeping pills...

So, obligated to act by himself, he joins the group of testicular cancer where his inner frustration has the right to pop out, releasing his pain and allowing him to sleep again

[MrKoolmew]

Ed norton's charcater quickly appears to be a zombified consumer.

He seems to have no purpose for his life other than being "complete" (meaning having all the useless bullshits the system has to sell)

He basically has no personnal life besides his job...a job haunted by the death of other consumers.

All this non sens for a living engenders frustration...a frustration to have the meaning of his life reduced to nothing...

[MrKoolmew]

Fight club talks about an ordinary guy who suffers from insomnia.

Altought this information seems to be pointless, it's the basis of the film's comprehension.

Why do people suffers from insomnia?

Simply because their mind is inconsciently preoccupied with issues they can't solve.

In the case of Ed Norton's character, the very reason is never fully mentioned but many clues about his life are revealed along the movie to understand it...

[qwame100]

@EpicFailSafe Pointless, but a very informative message about spelling errors like lots people would give a crap about that on youtube. Thank you so much because now I know...AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!

{G.I. JOE!!!!!!}

[qwame100]

@EpicFailSafe well of course no idiot parent would name their kid that, but since he does not reveal his name, for us, he is called "narrorator" since he is the narrorator of the film. and thats why I quoted the word "narrorator"! ftw