Character Analysis Of J. B. Tyler's 'Fight Club'
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1. The narrator which is the main character named Edward suffers from a major sickness which is insomnia.
2. He suffers insomnia due to his job which he must travel often, experience jet lag, and stress.
3. He is a self-proclaimed slave of consumerism.
4. He seeks help from the doctor for medication but the doctor suggests that he visit a support group for testicular cancer to see real pain.
5. The narrator meets Bob, an ex-bodybuilder and steroid user who suffers from an extreme case of gynecomastia due to hormone treatment after his testicles were removed.
6. Stuck between Bob's enormous chest, the narrator finally finds peace and bursts into tears. The emotional release allows him to sleep.
7. the appearance of a woman named Marla Singer throws the narrator's 'system' out of whack. He recognizes her as a 'tourist', having seen her …show more content…
The narrator meets up with Marla by chance, telling her that he hasn't attended any other meetings because he's joined a new support group for men only which is the fight club.
9. The narrator met this guy named Tyler who set the club up. Tyler introduces the narrator to his newest hobby. Using his proficient skills in soap-making, Tyler has turned the basement of the house into a laboratory where he uses soap and other ingredients to make explosives. Tyler and the narrator continue managing fight club.
10. When Tyler disappears for a while, the narrator is left at home with an ever increasing band of Mayhem members who watch television and laugh at their publicized acts of vandalism. When Bob, a member after being introduced to Fight Club, is killed during a botched sabotage operation, the narrator seeks to disband the group before things get out of control.
11. At one particular bar, the bartender addresses the narrator as 'sir' which prompts the narrator to ask if he knows him. The bartender, after being assured that he's not being put through a test, tells the narrator that he is Tyler Durden.
1. The narrator which is the main character named Edward suffers from a major sickness which is insomnia.
2. He suffers insomnia due to his job which he must travel often, experience jet lag, and stress.
3. He is a self-proclaimed slave of consumerism.
4. He seeks help from the doctor for medication but the doctor suggests that he visit a support group for testicular cancer to see real pain.
5. The narrator meets Bob, an ex-bodybuilder and steroid user who suffers from an extreme case of gynecomastia due to hormone treatment after his testicles were removed.
6. Stuck between Bob's enormous chest, the narrator finally finds peace and bursts into tears. The emotional release allows him to sleep.
7. the appearance of a woman named Marla Singer throws the narrator's 'system' out of whack. He recognizes her as a 'tourist', having seen her …show more content…
The narrator meets up with Marla by chance, telling her that he hasn't attended any other meetings because he's joined a new support group for men only which is the fight club.
9. The narrator met this guy named Tyler who set the club up. Tyler introduces the narrator to his newest hobby. Using his proficient skills in soap-making, Tyler has turned the basement of the house into a laboratory where he uses soap and other ingredients to make explosives. Tyler and the narrator continue managing fight club.
10. When Tyler disappears for a while, the narrator is left at home with an ever increasing band of Mayhem members who watch television and laugh at their publicized acts of vandalism. When Bob, a member after being introduced to Fight Club, is killed during a botched sabotage operation, the narrator seeks to disband the group before things get out of control.
11. At one particular bar, the bartender addresses the narrator as 'sir' which prompts the narrator to ask if he knows him. The bartender, after being assured that he's not being put through a test, tells the narrator that he is Tyler Durden.