Society In The Film Fight Club

The popular film, Fight Club manifest a teaching of contempt modern life, society according to the theories written by the founding fathers of Sociology. This film reflects a lifestyle of controversial issues we as a society have become conformed to live through. Nonetheless, the main character of the movie encapsulates a perspective of changing these regulations by creating a persona of the type of person the narrator desires to be. A person who does not abide the enslavement of civilization, when in fact, he is free in every way the narrator feels he cannot be, “People do it every day, they talk to themselves... they see themselves as they 'd like to be, they don 't have the courage you have, to just run with it.”(Durden 1999). Above all,

In the film fight club, Tyler ended up making a society of his own by creating Project Mayhem. Fight club itself was just the beginning of the broader image, hence it insinuated a release, a liberation among two men on the mat letting go of their frustration. You do not conquer, or defeat your component, you merely relinquish an anger of compliance with civilization. This was the purpose of Fight Club. Men then gradually participated and joined Tyler for the essence of revolutionizing mankind. This reminds me of when there are protest in our society. We have freedom of speech, it is stated in the constitution. People are livid, furthermore if they are designated of becoming slaves under a parliament then they rather submit themselves to a greater cause. No one forced anyone to do or become a member of Project Mayhem, on the inside, many felt trapped with the occupations they performed, and therefore they found an escape, “if the applicant is young, tell him he 's too young. Old, too old. Fat, too fat. If the applicant then waits for three days without food, shelter, or encouragement he may then enter and begin his training” (Durden 1999). Individuals who had no sense of self-identification. They distributed same labor, displayed similar garments, as well as treatment. Everyone complied with the regulations Tyler had embedded with no question or remark. This collective consciousness is what Durkheim would describe as “Mechanical Solidarity.” Each person who is part of this establishment had a similar belief. They share a similar rage about the orthodox taking over civilization and together they are going to make a statement. “There, one’s first duty is to resemble everybody else, not to have anything personal about one’s beliefs or actions.” (Durkheim 1893:73-74). That is the point, the reason they comply to living according to Tyler’s command, they represent nothing,