Summary of fight club
Bahareh Fereidouni Sep 16/ 2014
English 201 “Fight Club”
The best movie of the 20th century was released at the very end of that century. Fight Club is truly awesome because it contains many important, and actionable, life lessons wrapped up in a gripping story. When I was younger and thought it was just a fighting movie. Really began to appreciate it and understand some of the messages during my first few years at college.
At its core, “Fight Club” is about living the life you truly want to live, and the hard path to getting there. If you aren’t quite sure what life you truly want to live, it can be hard to choose a path. Fight Club is about seizing the day. It shows how many people originally had goals
in life, but got distracted from them by other irrelevant fears, eventually settling for the luxury of
modernity.
Fight Club has often been classified as promoting Nihilism. Tyler is seen as the representation of
Nihlism (or perhaps also hedonism) in the movie. More accurately, Fight Club provides a
critique of Nihlism. Nihlism is basically believing in nothing; losing everything to gain
everything. You don't need fancy furniture to be happy. The less you have, the less you believe
in, the happier you are. It's about living for the moment because there is no past or future, only
the present. Although there are many nihilist messages in the movie, it does not necessarily
promote nihilism as a whole; rather it promotes not believing in things which are not really
important. The Narrator ultimately rejects Nihlism (and Tyler) in the end.The search for one's
identity is also a large theme in Fight Club. Fight Club asserts that who you are is not defined by
your job, or any of your material possessions. Who you are is what you do. It had a huge effect
English 201 “Fight Club”
The best movie of the 20th century was released at the very end of that century. Fight Club is truly awesome because it contains many important, and actionable, life lessons wrapped up in a gripping story. When I was younger and thought it was just a fighting movie. Really began to appreciate it and understand some of the messages during my first few years at college.
At its core, “Fight Club” is about living the life you truly want to live, and the hard path to getting there. If you aren’t quite sure what life you truly want to live, it can be hard to choose a path. Fight Club is about seizing the day. It shows how many people originally had goals
in life, but got distracted from them by other irrelevant fears, eventually settling for the luxury of
modernity.
Fight Club has often been classified as promoting Nihilism. Tyler is seen as the representation of
Nihlism (or perhaps also hedonism) in the movie. More accurately, Fight Club provides a
critique of Nihlism. Nihlism is basically believing in nothing; losing everything to gain
everything. You don't need fancy furniture to be happy. The less you have, the less you believe
in, the happier you are. It's about living for the moment because there is no past or future, only
the present. Although there are many nihilist messages in the movie, it does not necessarily
promote nihilism as a whole; rather it promotes not believing in things which are not really
important. The Narrator ultimately rejects Nihlism (and Tyler) in the end.The search for one's
identity is also a large theme in Fight Club. Fight Club asserts that who you are is not defined by
your job, or any of your material possessions. Who you are is what you do. It had a huge effect