Fight Club: The Destruction of Society Essay -- essays research papers

Fight Club is a social satire say by the talented David Fincher and was adapted from the book of the same title written by Chuck Palahniuk. The shoot attempts to show the despair involved in victuals in a consumer driven society and the emptiness that fills people when commercialism takes over their lives. As well done as the movie is, when watching the film you can not help but feel the irony involved that Brad Pitt delivers the most biting lines in the film. Brad Pitt plays Tyler Durden whose Unabomber philosophy on living completely contradicts Brad Pitts image as a poster child for the new young pretty boy Hollywood star. Interestingly equal Edward Norton and Brad Pitt play the same schizophrenic character though this is not evident until the end of the film. Every scene in the movie is some air of social commentary, because of this it is necessary to limit the scope to the most interesting scenes.The narrator played by Edward Norton is as he describes himself I was the wa rm little philia of the universe that the delight of this world crowded around. He has it all(prenominal), a good job, nice clothes and even a nice place to live. Despite all the things the narrator has, he still feels hollow and incomplete. In the beginning he believes that this emptiness can be filled with personal possessions, but eventually through his relationship with Tyler Durden he learns that his emptiness is something deeper. The narrator was looking for a way to c...