Fight Club

dissociative identity disorder

Psychiatric condition with alternate identities

• alter egoA secondary persona
• delusionStubbornly held false belief
• hallucinationPerception without external cause

identity · insomnia · unreliable narrator · split personality · mental illness · psychosis · therapy · support groups · self-destruction · denial

Tyler Durden

• first-person"I" as narrator
• narratorOne who tells events
• insomniaPersistent inability to rest

satire · social commentary · debut novel · prose · paperback · bestseller · literature · publishing · fiction · minimalist style

testosterone

Chief male sex hormone

• brotherhoodKinship among men
• machismoExcessive masculine pride
• aggressionHostile or attacking behavior

violence · bare-knuckle · brawling · pain · endurance · primal · warrior · alpha · basement · bruises

David Fincher

• screenplayFilm's written blueprint
• cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
• twist endingUnexpected narrative conclusion

Brad Pitt · Edward Norton · Helena Bonham Carter · narrator · unreliable narrator · soundtrack · thriller · dark comedy · adaptation · box office

anarchy

Disorder from absent authority

• chaosComplete disorder and confusion
• subversionUndermining established authority
• anticorporateOpposed to large companies

vandalism · sabotage · resistance · defiance · revolution · nonconformity · destruction · uprising · disorder · radicalism

consumerism

Preoccupation with acquiring goods

• materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
• IKEASwedish home-goods chain
• corporateOf or relating to companies

advertising · brands · debt · cubicle · white-collar · middle-class · emptiness · conformity · rat race · shopping

• 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
• 90s BooksHarry Potter, Jurassic Park, The English Patient, Bridget Jones, Angela's Ashes
• David FincherGone Girl, The Social Network, The Game, Panic Room, Benjamin Button
• moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
• Novelsnovel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby
• Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings