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	~~[[Image:~~FightClub.jpg\|~~thumb~~\|~~The cover of~~ Chuck Palahniuk~~'s ''Fight Club'']]~~		{{Infobox book
			\| name = Fight CLub
			\| image = FightClub.jpg
			\| image_caption =
			\| author = Chuck Palahniuk
			\| country = United States
			\| language = English
			\| subject = <!-- Subject is not relevant for fiction -->
			\| genre =
			\| published = 1996
			\| media_type = Print (Hardcover)
			\| pages = 208
			}}

	A 1996 [[novel]] by [[Chuck Palahniuk]], and a 1999 [[film]] by [[David Fincher]].		A 1996 [[novel]] by [[Chuck Palahniuk]], and a 1999 [[film]] by [[David Fincher]].

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	At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life. In the novel, this line is also used with the exception of the name - I am Joe's Boiling Point. I am Joe's Smirking Revenge. I am Joe's Broken Heart.		At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life. In the novel, this line is also used with the exception of the name - I am Joe's Boiling Point. I am Joe's Smirking Revenge. I am Joe's Broken Heart.


			== Turning Points For The Characters ==

			=== The Narrator/Tyler Durden ===

			A major turning point for the narrator comes when he stands up against his boss. Without any help from Tyler, completely aware of being himself, the narrator reacts against type when his boss shows him the rules of fight club found in the copier. The narrator, appearing calm and collected, threatens his boss in a round about way, avoiding the straightforward threat, but musing that the man who created these rules probably would "use an Eagle Apache carbing... (to) go the length of mahogany row and take out every vice-president with a cartridge left oer for each director" (Palahniuk, 98). The narrator goes on, each word startling his boss more and more. With this defiant act, the narrator settles into a meshing of his two personalities, and begins to see, even in a small part on an unconscious level, that he does not need Tyler's help quite as much as he used to.

	== ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture ==		== ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture ==

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Robert " Bob" Paulson

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	=== Tyler Durden ===		=== Tyler Durden ===
	He is the devious side of the narrator's personality. Tyler works night jobs were he is always causing trouble, whether in inserting various clips into the middle of family movies or in his waiting tables and tampering with the food. He is the one who technically made the way for the Fight Club when he said to the narrator "hit me as hard as you can." The narrator wanted to be more like Tyler even though the are the same person. After Fight Club's growth, Tyler started Project Mayhem. Tyler is later seen as the antagonist of the novel.		He is the devious side of the narrator's personality. Tyler works night jobs were he is always causing trouble, whether in inserting various clips into the middle of family movies or in his waiting tables and tampering with the food. He is the one who technically made the way for the Fight Club when he said to the narrator "hit me as hard as you can." The narrator wanted to be more like Tyler even though the are the same person. After Fight Club's growth, Tyler started Project Mayhem. Tyler is later seen as the antagonist of the novel.

			===Robert "Bob" Paulson===
			The narrator meets Bob at his support group meeting for testicular cancer. Bob had testicular cancer and had to have his testicles removed. He had to have testosterone injectings resulting in his growing "man boobs" by his body's increasing estrogen. The narrator and Bob become friends through the support groups and later meet up when Bob joins Project Mayhem. Later in the story, Bob is shot and killed while attempting a Project Mayhem assignment, which will turn the narrator against Tyler.

	=== Marla Singer ===		=== Marla Singer ===

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	=== Marla Singer ===		=== Marla Singer ===
	The narrator meets her at the support groups he was attending. He ~~beings~~ to hate her for being a tourist. He could not let himself go when there was another faker there. She ends up being Tyler (and the narrator's) lover.		The narrator meets her at the support groups he was attending. He begins to hate her for being a tourist. He could not let himself go when there was another faker there. She ends up being Tyler (and the narrator's) lover.

	By analyzing the character of Marla Singer, it is important to look at her part in this novel through the eyes of a feminist critic. She is the only female character and can be seen as a very different character when compared with all of the other male ones throughout the book. She is portrayed and treated differently as a female and as an outsider of the group of men who make up fight club. With this role, she is given a submissive and somewhat blind perspective by the other characters. She is the one who is most intimately involved with the nararrator and with Tyler but seems to be the one that they both treat with the least amount of respect.		By analyzing the character of Marla Singer, it is important to look at her part in this novel through the eyes of a feminist critic. She is the only female character and can be seen as a very different character when compared with all of the other male ones throughout the book. She is portrayed and treated differently as a female and as an outsider of the group of men who make up fight club. With this role, she is given a submissive and somewhat blind perspective by the other characters. She is the one who is most intimately involved with the nararrator and with Tyler but seems to be the one that they both treat with the least amount of respect.

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Tyler Durden

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	=== Tyler Durden ===		=== Tyler Durden ===
	He is the ~~narrators~~ devious side of his ~~personality~~. He is the one who technically made the way for the Fight Club when he said to the narrator "hit me as hard as you can." The narrator wanted to be more like Tyler even though the are the same person.		He is the devious side of the narrator's personality. Tyler works night jobs were he is always causing trouble, whether in inserting various clips into the middle of family movies or in his waiting tables and tampering with the food. He is the one who technically made the way for the Fight Club when he said to the narrator "hit me as hard as you can." The narrator wanted to be more like Tyler even though the are the same person. After Fight Club's growth, Tyler started Project Mayhem. Tyler is later seen as the antagonist of the novel.

	=== Marla Singer ===		=== Marla Singer ===

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	8th RULE: If this is your first night at FIGHT CLUB, you HAVE to fight.		8th RULE: If this is your first night at FIGHT CLUB, you HAVE to fight.

	=== Jack ===		=== Jack/Joe ===

	At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in ~~both the novel and~~ the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life.		At one point in the novel, the narrator comes across magazine articles that are supposedly written by body organs in the first person. For example, "I am Jack's medulla oblongata. Without me, Jack could not perform any of his autonomic funtions." Throughout the rest of the story, in the film, the narrator uses this line to express his thoughts, emotions and feelings - I am Jack's raging bile duct. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's wasted life. In the novel, this line is also used with the exception of the name - I am Joe's Boiling Point. I am Joe's Smirking Revenge. I am Joe's Broken Heart.

	== ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture ==		== ''Fight Club'' in Contemporary Culture ==

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The Oedipus Complex

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	The Oedipus Complex –		The Oedipus Complex –
	Based from a greek legend, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus (Read about it)] king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.		Based from a greek legend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus Read about it] king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.

	The unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, esp. the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.		The unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, esp. the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.

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The Oedipus Complex

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	The Oedipus Complex –		The Oedipus Complex –
	Based from a greek legend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus Read about it] king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.		Based from a greek legend, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus (Read about it)] king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.

	The unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, esp. the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.		The unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, esp. the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.

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The Oedipus Myth: The Mother

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	In respects to religion, the Sphinx can be interpreted as Mother Earth - its gradual metamorphosis from an environment of hostile natural forces and diseases into one of earth, life and Mother Nature. Freud pointed out that figures of this kind are the religious equivalent of the "phallic mother" symbolized in cults by objects such as a totem. In her many guises the goddess represents all the aspects which a mother shows to her child. She is an intercessor with the father-god, embodiment of beauty as well as the origin of all things (Rudnytsky 107).		In respects to religion, the Sphinx can be interpreted as Mother Earth - its gradual metamorphosis from an environment of hostile natural forces and diseases into one of earth, life and Mother Nature. Freud pointed out that figures of this kind are the religious equivalent of the "phallic mother" symbolized in cults by objects such as a totem. In her many guises the goddess represents all the aspects which a mother shows to her child. She is an intercessor with the father-god, embodiment of beauty as well as the origin of all things (Rudnytsky 107).

	For further reading, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex ~~Oedipus~~ Complex]		For further reading, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex Oedipal Complex]

	== Major Symbols ==		== Major Symbols ==