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02 October 2009
The Novel of a Generation
With themes of anarchy, consumerism, nihilism, self-identity, parental relationships, apathy, love, and more Fight Club touches almost everything you have probably had to deal with in life. Fight Club is the reflection of the author's struggles to find his own mind amidst a sea of uniformity.
The story follows a nameless narrator who finds himself dissatisfied with the life he's led and tires of covering up his uncertainties with a thick layer of consumerism. Enter Tyler Durden. Tyler is everything our narrator- we'll call him Joe for reasons you'll find out soon enough- Joe wants to be. Smart, cool, and confident of where he wants to go and what he wants to achieve. Forming a close friendship, the two start a phenomenon called Fight Club that takes over bar basements all over the nation. Then Tyler wants to go further and Joe has to decide how far he is willing to go to get God's attention.
If you like cool, hip stories with a thick dose of philosophy and violence, twist endings, and don't mind a few violently graphic details then I suggest you pick up Fight Club. When I first read it in high school- then saw the movies- I enjoyed the dark humor and violent nature of the story. Now, as I'm going through my own philosophical self-discovery I can begin to really identify with Joe's plight of wanting more but not being sure of what 'more' is.