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In the 1996 Chuck Palahniuk novel, Fight Club, (as well as the recent movie, which deviates very little from the book), the author uses a club in which grown men fistfight as a vehicle for a plot and analysis of modern culture. After hearing of recent instances of life imitating art poorly in a student "Fight Club" in the Presidents Park dorms, I thought it poignant to begin a short discussion of the book/movie... in which the fighting scenes were meant as analogous devices to examine questions, and not a pro-wrestling guide to body slamming one's cousin. The book's premise lies on the assumption that today's society, although created primarily by males, is one which relies on smooth day-to-day operation, which females are better suited to exist in. The premise also lies on the assumption that today's western society, devoid of war and starvation, is the fruition of thousands of years of men using their strength and aggression to build something. And the book questions, in a sense, what happens when there is litt
Police Catch Local Teens Imitating 'Fight Club' - CBS News(11/12/99) Boy hurt in 'Fight Club' re-creation - Seattle Times (10/29/99) Of course the movie, containing many well-choreographed fistfight scenes, has had its share of mistaken interpretations of "life imitating art". This includes the kids in Presidents Park and other instances in the news: What the fight club is within the story is part of the character Tyler Durden's vast attempt to both destroy modern society, and teach others why it is wrong. This is countered by the relative lack of females, who we are to assume in the movie are content with the fruits of modern society, and is also countered by the thoughts of anarchy, what it brings, and why we went away from that in the first place and created civilization. What are we to make of the author's character Tyler Durden, and his attempt at destruction of modern civilization, and destruction of his counterpart, the office bee worker? What are we to think of the central female character Marla S
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