The open-ending of this film forces the audience to surmise their own predictions of what Jack will do once he is reborn and is back in charge of project mayhem. To determine this conclusion, the audience relies solely on the evidence presented in the movie, especially the complex relationship between Jack, Tyler, and Marla. This relationship is vital because Tyler wants Jack to continue on his path of destruction, and Marla wants Jack to end the destruction and return to a balanced mindset.

Some might argue that Jack's mounting hatred of Tyler at the end of the movie does not prove that Jack would end everything that Tyler created, because Jack and Tyler are the same person. As such, Tyler is in just as much control as Jack is, and everything that Jack hates, is actually something that he subconsciously wants. This is a valid point, but it is necessary in this movie to understand that Tyler is merely the personification of Jack's desires, and he does not comprise half of Jack's being. Sometimes generally calm humans get angry and fight, but that does not mean that we are equally as aggressive as we are passive. Men are more than just the summation of their emotions. Some also argue that Jack kills Tyler in order to internalize him, and take on the leadership role of project mayhem single handedly. This theory however, has two major flaws. First, why would Jack risk killing himself just to take the conscious lead of project mayhem when he could just as easily watch himself take that control through the medium of Tyler. Second, if Jack agreed with what Tyler was doing, why would he destroy that side of him. It would be easier for Jack to continue on his road to manhood by following Tyler then by heading down that path solo. That is why he created Tyler as the father figure he never had anyway.

As Jack sits in his chair, he comes to the conclusion that he will never beat Tyler, because he cannot out do himself, and in a cunning maneuver, steals Tyler's gun. Jack has reached the point where he is so disgusted with his alter ego that he puts the gun to his throat and tries to kill himself, therefore killing Tyler. In a far-fetched scene the bullet kills Tyler and only grazes Jack's throat, and if one can get past this logical inconsistency, then two major insights can be drawn. First, Jack was willing to kill himself in order to destroy his alter ego, which is an obvious sign of his hatred for project mayhem and the destruction that his unconscious desires had produced. Second, Tyler is dead and Jack's repressed feelings have been vented and eliminated. This last scene coupled with the events of the movie give the audience the information they need to determine the outcome of project mayhem. Jack hates the chaos he has created, and having destroyed his alter ego, he will have the power to dissolve project mayhem, and set things straight.

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