Fight Club: The repression of masculinity and its effects on society.

The movie Fight Club is a story of one man's struggle to gain control over his life. His masculinity has become so repressed by his upbringing and society that the only way he can do this is to create an alternate personality. The Narrator's alternate personality is Tyler Durden, the ultimate alpha-male. The Narrator is also interested in Marla Singer, who is going through the same type of struggle that he is except she has …showed first 75 words of 2544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2544 total…go and let there testosterone take control. While men may identify with the movie, it is obvious that the complete imitation of the movie is destructive. An individual needs to find a balance between the feminine side and the masculine side so as to not lean so deeply in one direction that they swing to far in the opposite. While it may not seem so, the movie is truly about finding balance in one's life.