He becomes dissatisfied with his bland, corporate lifestyle. Although he confronts her and they agree to attend separate groups, he is unable to cry, and his insomnia returns. His relief is short-lived because Marla Singer starts attending the same meetings. The Narrator begins attending support group meetings for people with terminal illnesses, and the proximity to death makes the Narrator feel alive. The Narrator, who remains nameless through the novel, is frustrated with his doctor’s inability to treat his insomnia. The novel begins at the narrative’s chronological end, and the bulk of the story is told in flashbacks at different significant points in the Narrator’s life since he met the characters Marla Singer and Tyler Durden. It also equates mental illness with violence by using the Narrator’s psychological state to represent what the author sees as society’s pathological tendencies. Please be advised that the novel includes offensive language, substance use, suicidal ideation, graphic violence tied to toxic masculinity, and body shaming, as well as other instances of harassment. He wanted to write a similar narrative about male affiliation. Inspired by a fight he had on a camping trip, Palahniuk wrote Fight Club partly in response to what he saw as an increasingly popular genre of female togetherness books and films.

Fight Club is a contemporary work of literary fiction that contends with masculinity, materialism, consumer culture, and modern disillusionment.

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