Fight Club Section Summary

The relationship between Tyler and the main character has a deeper unheard of meaning I feel. Tyler has never had any interaction with Marla unless they are in bed together. Whenever Marla comes in Tyler just "vanishes." He seems to have a grip over protagonist on a much deeper level. He has some kind of "initiation" with protagonist in which he says "your life before now has been a story, after this the rest of your life is a story. He then proceeds to kiss the protagonist's hand and an odd mark is left behind. His lips were covered in a poison that will turn into a strong acid if water is applied. He then talks the protagonist through a somewhat spiritual journey similar to the therapy at his seminars. He tells him not to cry, because the tears will burn his hand and he says he must except that death will be his fate one day, let go. And when he opens his eyes there are burn marks on his hands and Tyler is crying. I don't know the connection between Tyler and our main character yet but I'm more than excited to find out.

Fight Club: Theme

Now fight club deepens in plot and confusion, as well as begins to start telling a story of morals and manhood. The protagonists apartment blows up in a fiery explosion one day while he's traveling forcing him to stay with his only friend Tyler. One night at the bar both are drunk and Tyler asks to be punched in the stomach. The protagonist proceeds to lay one into his face. Tyler responds without warning and they launch into an all out fight. But the point was not to harm the other in anger, but to let all that bent up aggression out on the other guy. They continued this in the coming weeks growing spectators. Others would soon fight also for the same goal. So they decided to find a better place where they could continue their "therapy" which they found to be the basement of  a neighboring bar after closing. A list of rules were created. One, don't talk about Fight Club. Two, Don't talk about fight club. And three, if this is your first night you have to fight. The club gave these men more drive to work and stay fit, Fight Club gave them a new sense of what being a man was, and they knew it wasn't sculpting their body for their image. They went to the gym and kept themselves fit so they could hit harder and take more hits. This all alludes to what I think is the Theme of "Fight Club" which is that the world is to boring for some, new outlets can be made. Tyler and our main character found something that reached their animalistic lust for violence as well as their need for brotherhood. Also Tyler is sleeping with Marla Singer. The woman the main character hates.    

Fight Club Intro

 

"Fight Club" written by Chuck Palahniuk has so far introduced me to a nameless protagonist and his struggles against depression, insomnia, and overall bad outlook on life. The first chapter alludes to what I assume is the end of the book where the protagonist has a gun in his mouth and there are bombs ready to explode in neighboring buildings. But the very next chapter talks about his sad need to attend different seminars for people who are clinically ill and reaching death soon. This is the only thing that allows him to sleep. He enjoys sobbing and letting all his pain out with the dying people, who believe he is also dying. But a problem occurs, and her name is Marla Singer. Her stare lets him know that SHE knows, that he is a fake. This keeps him from crying, therefore sleeping. He wants to address this issue to her for this is his only outlet in life. Another seemingly important character in this book is Tyler Durden. He has been talked about a lot but in meaningless ways. Only explaining Tylers job and his encounter with the main protagonist. So far not much makes any sense in Fight Club. With it's plot being intentionally told to confuse the reader it has intrigued me to uncover it's secrets.