Fight Club

O 'Brien, the author of the book is both the narrator and the protagonist of the book. As,

Throughout the novel, the narrator’s existence,

The point of view of the story is in first person. The author himself has went through all of this and

The narrator of this story is not a character in the story. The narrator of this story seems to be in third person and knows everything about all of the characters.

David Fincher’s 1999 cult classic Fight Club often gets picked apart for it’s supposed depiction of toxic masculinity and contemporary manhood but what I want to focus on is the anti-consumer, anti-capital, and pro-elimination of social classes that is also displayed throughout the film. Not to say that the film does not represent white bourgeoisie hyper-masculinity but to look at the parts of the film that doesn’t feed into this train of thought. I want to expand the lens past Norton’s character, which I will call Jack for simplicity, and to Brad Pitt’s character, Tyler Durden’s Project Mayhem and the underlining values that Durden preaches. I argue that Project Mayhem manages to unite the proletariat and form the beginnings of what appears to be a Marxian revolution.

“Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death” (Pope Francis). Individuals. Men. Woman. Children. Just as violence can be portrayed in a different manner for each and every individual, violence can have a large variety of effects on an individual. All of our lives we have looked to violence as a last resort, as a solution for problems in the present thinking little of the problems in the future. There is a time for violence that can be shown through any current conflicts in the world, but there is also a time to step back and look to the future. The theme I have chosen to explore is the effects violence has on individuals in society. The texts I have decided to use to further study this theme are Fight Club (A novel written by Chuck Palahnuik), Guilty as Trained (A spoken word piece by J.G), Dulce Et Decorum Est (written by Wilfred Owen ), and text number four (directed by ). The exploration of these texts will assist me in studying my theme of the effects of violence on society.

Movies are most of the time related to a human being's life. Movies apply psychology to their plots. For example, movies like the StepMom directed by Chris Columbus, and Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant show us that psychology is part of our lives in a day to day base. It could go from a divorce to a person who is scared to take a step in life. The textbook, Psychology: Core Concept, by Philip G. Zimbarbo, Ann L. Weber, and Robert L. Johnson, utilizes examples from these movies. We are going to see how these movies relate to the core principles of psychology.

The narration is in first person only. This allows for the reader to really feel for and understand what the main character is going through. The mental illness she is suffering from over takes her; leading to full blown hysteria by the end of her stay.

Throughout this story, it is most obvious that it is written in third person omniscient. The narrator is

The movie Good Will Hunting shows a dramatic relationship between a teacher and student and also relationship's between fellow teachers. The film helps you grow with the characters in order to anticipate and acknowledge the ways in which they interact with one another. It also incorporated the way that egos develop and arise due to relationships and how they can interact with the daily lives of people.

The novel is delivered to the reader from the first person

There was an intriguing article in a recent New York Times Sunday Book Review. It discussed the utility of literature and other

Fight Club does an excellent job at revealing many examples of social conflicts between the two classes. The whole basis of the story is centered on attempts to overthrow the upper class. In the scene where the

Fight Club is a unique film that has many different interpretations consisting of consumerist culture, social norms, and gender roles. However, this film goes deeper and expresses a Marxist ideology throughout; challenging the ruling upper-class and a materialist society. The unnamed narrator, played by Ed Norton, represents the materialist society; whereas Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, represents the person challenging the controlling upper-class. Karl Marx believed that the capitalist system took advantage of workers, arguing that the interests of the upper-class class conflicted with that of the common worker. Marx and Durden share the same views about the upper-class oppressing the materialist, common worker. By interpreting Fight Club through a Marist lens, the viewer is able to realize the negative effects a capitalist society has on the common worker by seeing the unnamed narrator’s unfulfilled and material driven life in contrast to the fulfilling life of Durden who challenges the upper-class. The unnamed narrator initially fuels the upper-class dominated society through his materialistic and consumeristic tendencies; however, through the formation of his alter ego—Durden—the unnamed narrator realizes the detriment he is causing to himself and society. He then follows the guide of Durden’s and Marx’s views and rectifies his lifestyle by no longer being reliant on materials. Also by forming fight club, which provides an outlet, for himself and the common worker,

A “U.S. imposes 266 percent tariffs on Chinese steel”, addresses how the U.S. Department of Commerce found Brazilian steel makers should face tariffs of up to 38.93 percent, Chinese steel makers up to 265.79 percent and India steel makers up to 71.35 percent. Japan faces duties of up to 6.78 percent, Korea up to 6.89 percent, Russia up to 16.89 percent and the United Kingdom up to 28.03 percent. Many aspects of American business affect the legal system, specifically how legal conditions affect the economy and the community. For example, hot coiled steel has been dumped into various economies willing to buy it for less than fair-market value. US’s tariffs on the steel producing countries impact stabilization of competitive economies.