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"Fight Club"- A Modern Day Beat Movement

The Legend of Tyler Durden

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"All the ways you wish you could be, that's me."
-Tyler Durden

The main thing about "Fight Club" that you need to know is that there are two characters. The Narrator, who's name is not given, can be referred to as Jack. Then there is Tyler Durden. Jack is an insomniac that is fed up with his meager existence. He starts going to support groups because the emotions that he experiences there help him sleep at night. Then he meets Tyler Durden. Tyler is a free-thinker and Jack is immediateley drawn to Tyler's way of thinking.

After Jack's condo is mysteriously blown up, Jack takes up residence with Tyler. It's not long before Tyler suggests a new support group to Jack. That group will come to be known as Fight Club. Fight Club is an all male, underground meeting. What goes on at these meetings are sessions where two men will step into a ring and proceed to fight. The fights become a form of therapy and a way for men to release their aggression and frustration that they feel towards their lives. Tyler Durden is the driving force behind this group. However, the whole operation is a plot to gain the fighters trust and respect.
 
Soon Fight Club leaves the basement it started out in and sets its sights upon the world. Project Mayhem is born out of Fight Club. Project Mayhem is, like it sounds, a ploy to declare war on modern society. Tyler is sick of mega corporations ruling the world and wants to knock them over. Project Mayhem proceeds to perform random terrorist acts against the ruling class. These acts include destroying computer stores, BMW's, TV antennaes, art museums, etc. Project Mayhem culminates when it plans to destroy the downtown credit card company buildings which would cripple the financial networks. It is during this time that Jack finds out a disturbing truth about Tyler: Jack is Tyler!
 
 

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