This film is an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's critically acclaimed novel by the same name. It begins by introducing Edward Norton's nameless character (who will be referred to from now on as "The Narrator"). The narrator works as a drone for a major automotive company. He's single, lives in an apartment alone and travels often. He also suffers from insomnia. His doctor refuses to prescribe him any medicine, but recommends that he visit a support group to witness what "real" suffering is like. After he does so, he realizes that he can sleep soundly after crying at the meetings.

Song: "Bound for the Floor" by Local H

Key Lyrics:
Born to be down
I've learned all my lessons before now
Born to be down
I think you'll get used to it

And you just don't get it
You keep it copacetic
And you learn to accept it
You know its so pathetic

**The lyrics "You just don't get it. You keep it copacetic. And you learn to accept it, you know it's so pathetic." show how the Narrator has chosen to accept his pathetic life and even leach sympathy from those that are truly ill. The music seems monotonous at times, like the narrator's life. It's repetitive and dull even. The heavy chorus drills home the point though about how pathetic the Narrator actually is.**

He then meets the memorable Tyler Durden on one of his many business trips. After speaking with him during the flight, he returns home to his apartment only to realize it's blown up due to a gas leak. Having nowhere else to go and no one to call, he meets up with Tyler at a bar for drinks. After discussing how pathetic they both were, Tyler asks the Narrator to hit him "as hard as [he] can." After he complies, they proceed to beat each other up to release some of their frustrations.

Song: "Hit Me" by the Sounds

Key Lyrics:
You beat me black and blue, but I can see through you.
You know it's up to you, and I can't belive it's true.
Hit me hard. Hit me right between the eyes, I wanna see the stars, hit me, hit me!
Well hit me hard. Hit me right between the eyes, I wanna see the stars, hit me, hit me!

**This song is very upbeat and different from the first song. I think it conveys a contrast between the dull and depressing existence he dealt with before, and the new freedom he feels with Tyler. The song saying, "hit me right between the eyes" seems positive and shows his new state of mind. It's like he's reborn as a new person.**

The narrator swiftly moves into an abandoned building with Tyler. Amazingly, his insomnia is gone. After another public fight that draws a crowd, the infamous Fight Club is born. It is a secret society of sorts. Members are not allowed to talk about it with anyone outside of the club. It becomes an outlet for frustrated men all over the country as more small clubs begin springing up. The narrator shows up to work with a new, brash attitude and with cuts and bruises all over him. He's unleashed a whole new side of himself.

Song: "Intoxication" by Disturbed

NOTE: There isn't an actual video for this song. So I used a promo video for a biker.

Key Lyrics:
What can you take from me?
That which you cannot buy...
Exhileration.
Laughing and turning away,
What will you take from me
Now that you are inside?
Intoxication.
Now are you feeling?

**This song offers another contrast between it and the first two. The Narrator's mood has moved from depressed, to spunky, and now he's turned power hungry. This song fits perfectly because it's loud and rowdy. The lyrics are fairly straight forward. The power he's feeling from being a part of Fight Club has become intoxicating and exhilerating.**

Prior to meeting Tyler, the Narrator met another support group "faker" named Marla. They initially hated each other, but it became obvious they had feelings for each other. As Fight Club begins to take off, Marla begins a relationship with Tyler which makes the Narrator jealous and irritable. She is very quirky to begin with and keeps making witty remarks that seem to be teasing the Narrator. It's as if she is trying to persue a relationship with him, while clearly having a sexual relationship with Tyler. It definitely causes some confusion between the two of them. There is a connection between the two, it's just vague and muddled at this point.

Song: "Crazy Bitch" by Buckcherry
**NOTE** This song contains explicit lyrics. Use discretion.

Key Lyrics:
Hey! You're a crazy bitch
but you f*ck so good I'm on top of it
When I dream
I'm doing you all night
scratches all down my back to keep me right on...

**This song helps convey the Narrator's feelings toward Marla. Tyler seems to feel this way about her as well at times. She is portrayed as this viral being throughout the story. She's got serious problems and will tell you about them. Despite knowing this though, the Narrator just can't shake her. This song seemed a perfect choice. Even though she's crazy, he just couldn't resist her.**

Meanwhile, Tyler has continued to build on the cult-like following surrounding Fight Club and has begun inducting members into Project Mayhem. They use mischievous pranks at first to draw attention to themselves, but things escalate and begin to spiral out of control. The narrator realizes this and he and Tyler have a falling out. Tyler seems to disappear for awhile.

Song: "Frantic" by Metallica

Key Lyrics:
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go?
Can I find it inside to do what I should have known?
Can I have my wasted days back?
I'd use them to get back on track
**
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

**This song illustrates the narrators state of mind and how he now feels backed into a corner having to take over where Tyler Durden left off. This is also a good bit of foreshadowing. The first and second lines allude to the actions he's about to take in order to stop Tyler. The feeling of this song is very heavy. The guitar, bass & drums are all very deliberate and loud. It gives you a sense of the Narrator's feelings of anger and diestress.**

The narrator then goes on a mission to find Tyler. He seems to be following his trail, but is always a few days behind him. While in the same hotels as Tyler, he starts getting a strange feeling of deja vu. He can't shake the strange feeling, so during a phone conversation with Marla, he asks her to tell him his name. She seems confused, but he finally coaxes it out of her: "Tyler Durden." All the pieces begin to fit and he realizes that Tyler is a manifestation of his own damaged personality.

Song: "Coming Undone" by Korn

Lyrics:
Choke choke again, I thought my demons were my friends
Getting me in the end, They're out to get me
Since I was young, I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And this sweet sugar gun, Does not protect me
Wait, I'm coming undone
Irate, I'm coming undone
Too late, I'm coming undone
One looks so strong, So delicate
Wait, I'm starting to suffocate
And soon I anticipate, I'm coming undone
One looks so strong, So delicate

**This shows the complete break down of the narrator. He realizes that he has completely lost all control over his own life and he's "coming undone." This song is very emotional. Despite the heavy sounds & ominous voice used to sing the lyrics, it conveys how completely and utterly lost the Narrator feels all of a sudden. Not only does he feel lost and vulnerable, but he gets angry about it.**

The narrator uncovers that while he sleeps, Tyler takes over. He has planned a massive "Mayhem" attack on a major credit card company. The narrator tracks his nemisis and uncovers a van filled with explosives in the basement of the targeted company. Tyler appears and the two begin to fight with one another. Tyler refuses to back down. Tyler then knocks the narrator unconcious and drags him to the roof so the two of them can witness the mass destruction about to unfold.

Song: "Going Under" by Evanescence

Lyrics:
Don't want your hand this time - I'll save myself.
Maybe I'll wake up for once
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom

I'm dying again

I'm going under, drowning in you
I'm falling forever, I've got to break through
I'm going under

Blurring and stirring - the truth and the lies.
So I don't know what's real and what's not
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore

**At this point, the narrator realizes that he's let himself become Tyler. He's lost himself to this alter ego. Now he's at a crossroads as to what to do. This song (like many of the others) is riddled with emotion and heavy instrumentals. Like some of the others as well, the tone and most of all the lyrics seem to fit perfectly at this stage of the game. "I've got to break through." is a very appropriate lyric in this instance. It's like the Narrator is fighting with himself and he just can't win.**

When the narrator regains consciousness, he comes to a realization: if he and Tyler share a body, than he must really be holding the gun that Tyler is using to hold him hostage. In the next frame, the narrator has the gun in his hand and puts it in his mouth. Without the slightest hesitation, he shoots himself. The bullet exits his own cheek, but Tyler's exit wound leaves a hole in his head. His "body" falls to the floor & he is dead.
Since the members of Project Mayhem have always seen the narrator as "Tyler," they are confused & bring Marla to him. She is also confused and very disturbed by the gaping hole in his face. He says to her "You met me at a very strange time in my life." Moments later, while holding hands, the building accross from the one they're standing in begins to explode & collapse.

Song: "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong

Lyrics:
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you."

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

**I thought this song was appropriate to end the scene. As the narrator and Marla hold hands, the image is tainted by a gunshot wound to his face and a collapsing building in the background. Yet for some reason, everything, at that moment, seems right with the world again. The Narrator is himself, (whoever that may be) and Marla, while confused, can finally be with him.**