They form Fight Club, where men beat each other up - they do not tell each other their names or anything about them. At Fight Club, they are just humans at their most basic state. Fight Club is a way for these men to cope with the real world, and eventually leads to the formation of Project Mayhem. Jack says, "After a night in fight club, everything in the real world gets the volume turned down. Nothing can piss you off" (49). This helps him get over any anger issues he had in his workplace.
We also start getting clues that Jack and Tyler are the same person, or at least that not all is what it seems. When Tyler starts having a sexual relationship with Marla, Jack narrates, "All night long I dreamed I was humping Marla Singer" (56). Jack also later comments that, "Tyler and Marla are never in the same room. I never see them together" (65), and after Marla leaves the room, "Not a sound, not a smell, Tyler's just appeared" (68). Until the end of the story, it may seem like Tyler is a ghost, or at least that Jack is really unobservant. Either way, things do not seem right.
This is represented in the movie by showing very quick flashes of images of Tyler Durden in scenes where he has not yet been introduced.
Tyler can be seen at about 00:16 in this clip.
Tyler is smart enough to make sure that Jack doesn't reveal their secret. He insists to Jack that he shouldn't ever bring him up: "Don't ever talk about me behind my back" (72). Tyler tells Jack that if he ever talks about him, their friendship will immediately be over, but Jack is very dependent on Tyler so he will do whatever it takes not to disrupt their friendship.
Tyler even makes sure nobody in Fight Club or Project Mayhem reveals the secret to Jack, by telling them that even he himself cannot be trusted, so that when Jack is in control of his own body, nobody tells him anything or calls him Tyler Durden.
Very nice. Love this.
ReplyDelete