Fight Club is about a man named Jack, who like most of the men his age today,
feel trapped in the working class. Jack is very stressed out and has been suffering from
insomnia for 6 months. He is 30 years old and employed as a recall coordinator for a
major car company. Jack lives in a condo full of expensive furniture which he says,
"defines him as a person". Even with all of the comforts of modern society that fill his
condo he is unhappy, unsatisfied and sleep deprived. He goes to his doctor for insomnia
and narcolepsy complaining that he wakes up and doesn't remember how he got there
sometimes. He asks for drugs from his doctor but is denied. His doctor tells him if he
wants to see real pain to visit the testicular cancer support group at a local church.
When Jack attends this group he finds he can let go and cry even though he
doesn't have testicular cancer. Jack says, "losing all hope equals freedom". That night he
goes home and sleeps like a baby. Rather quickly Jack became addicted to support
groups. He attended groups for sufferers of brain parasites, blood parasites, tuberculosis,
cancer, sickle cell, and melanoma. Jack feels that if people thought you were dying they
gave you their full attention instead of simply waiting for there turn to talk.
Jack continues to visit these support groups and is feeling much better until he
meets Marla Singer. Marla is also a faker, or as Jack says a "tourist". When Marla was
there, Jack could not fully express himself because he knew Marla was a faker too. So
he couldn't sleep again. They agreed to split the days and exchanged numbers in case one
Jack's job required him to go on many business trips and on these trips Jack
concluded that everything on a plane is single serving from the food to the friends. On
one flight Jack awakens to find Tyler Durdan sitting next to hi...