What is the message in the movie Fight Club?

Answer 1

There are many messages in Fight Club:

Fight Club is about seizing the day: Carpe Diem. It shows how many people originally had goals in life, but got distracted from them by other irrelevant fears, eventually settling for the luxury of modernity. The example of Raymond K. Hessel's life exemplified this principal; Raymond originally wanted to be a veternarian, but instead ended up as a late-night convenience store worker.

Anti-commercialism (or Anti-materialism) is a major part of this message. The basic meaning of this is that "We don't need what the big corporations tell us we need; they do this just to sell their products. The things we own do not define who we really are." This theme is repeated throughout the movie, examples being the IKEA furniture scene, Tyler's initial bar rant (after the apartment explosion), the Calvin Klein bus ad scene, and Tyler's house monologue ("You are not your job").

Fight Club has often been classified as promoting Nihilism. Tyler is seen as the representation of Nihlism (or perhaps also hedonism) in the movie. More accurately, Fight Club provides a critique of Nihlism. Nihlism is basically believing in nothing; losing everything to gain everything. You don't need fancy furniture to be happy. The less you have, the less you believe in, the happier you are. It's about living for the moment because there is no past or future, only the present. Although there are many nihilist messages in the movie, it does not necessarily promote nihilism as a whole; rather it promotes not believing in things which are not really important. The Narrator ultimately rejects Nihlism (and Tyler) in the end.

The search for one's identity is also a large theme in Fight Club. Fight Club asserts that who you are is not defined by your job, or any of your material possessions. Who you are is what you do.

Answer 2

The central theme in fight club is materialism. Fight Club forces viewers to think about what necesities are needed for survival and brings to light how materialism runs and defines many of us.

Answer 3

Its about letting go of a materialistic life style and not be tied down to the white collar world. The main character goes through a major life change through his experiences in fight club.