Fight Club Chapter 22
Summary
The narrator is awake at three o' clock in the morning at a motel in Seattle thinking that he have got to find Tyler. Tyler suddenly appears in the dark . Tyler mentions that the narrator broke his promise that he would not mention Tyler to anyone and he also broke the promise that he would not talk about fight club which is the first and second rule of fight club. Tyler goes on and talks about the different Project Mayhem's in different states. The narrator comes to the realization that he and Tyler are the same person.
Notes
- fight club (154) - An event started by the narrator and Tyler that is usually in the basement of a bar where men fight one another.
- Project Mayhem (154) - A project started by Tyler that is for the men who have graduated from fight club. In Project Mayhem Tyler assigns homework assignments that must be done and the men cannot get caught. If the men are caught they can no longer be members of Project Mayhem.
- Assault Committee (155) - A committee that is in Project Mayhem. Arson, Mishchief, and Misinformation are other committees that are a part of Project Mayhem.
- space monkeys (155) - Name given to the members of Project Mayhem.
Commentary
The narrator's insomnia is caused because he is Tyler Durden. Whenever the narrator falls asleep Tyler comes out and Tyler is everything that the narratoe wants to be. When Tyler appears on the side of the bed the narrator is actually talking to himself and he is finally realizing it and that is how the narrator knows everything Tyler knows and vice versa. "Tyler" is trying to use the rubber band cutting off the narrators balls to make the narrator not end fight club and Project Mayhem because no man wants to not have any balls because that is what makes a man.
Study Questions
- What promise did the narrator break?
- Where is the narrator at?
- Are the homework assignments mentioned dealing with school?
- If anyone tries to end Project Mayhem what will the space monkeys do?
- Does Marla think that the narrator and Tyler are two different people?
External Resources
Works Cited
Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York, New York: W.W.Norton & Company,Inc.,1996.