The Importance of the Father
The movie “Fight Club”, directed by David Fincher, and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, provides a glimpse of a male who is yearning to evolve into a man. “Fight Club” inspires its viewers to think deeper about the long term effect of the lack of parental involvement. Does a young boy truly need a father figure in his life in order to learn to be a real man? What becomes of a male when he is raised by only his mother? A scene in the movie raises a very important point; Tyler Durden is taking a bath while The Narrator sits nursing his wounds from a recent fight when The Narrator explains that he cannot get married because he is a 30 year old boy. Tyler responds to this statement with …show more content…
Physical fighting is a rite of passage one must endure to achieve real manhood because it teaches a male to be assertive; not fear confrontation; and to establish his role in a …show more content…
They can learn this if they are able to make a connection to a strong, positive male role model. Without this support, they may not learn the importance of how to express their emotions in a positive way. Tara Green, author of, "A Fatherless Child: Autobiographical Perspectives of African American Men", explains: "Males... repress feelings rather than confront them" (Green). Men tend to believe that expressing their feelings makes them more vulnerable, but a release of these emotions could help to free themselves of all the hurt the absent father has caused them. As a son, a young man would normally learn from observing his father how to take control and be assertive in his role as a man, but without this guidance, a young male needs to learn this skill in other ways. Physical fighting teaches them to be assertive as well as how to survive amongst other males, a skill not learned by observance when raised primarily by a
The movie “Fight Club”, directed by David Fincher, and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, provides a glimpse of a male who is yearning to evolve into a man. “Fight Club” inspires its viewers to think deeper about the long term effect of the lack of parental involvement. Does a young boy truly need a father figure in his life in order to learn to be a real man? What becomes of a male when he is raised by only his mother? A scene in the movie raises a very important point; Tyler Durden is taking a bath while The Narrator sits nursing his wounds from a recent fight when The Narrator explains that he cannot get married because he is a 30 year old boy. Tyler responds to this statement with …show more content…
Physical fighting is a rite of passage one must endure to achieve real manhood because it teaches a male to be assertive; not fear confrontation; and to establish his role in a …show more content…
They can learn this if they are able to make a connection to a strong, positive male role model. Without this support, they may not learn the importance of how to express their emotions in a positive way. Tara Green, author of, "A Fatherless Child: Autobiographical Perspectives of African American Men", explains: "Males... repress feelings rather than confront them" (Green). Men tend to believe that expressing their feelings makes them more vulnerable, but a release of these emotions could help to free themselves of all the hurt the absent father has caused them. As a son, a young man would normally learn from observing his father how to take control and be assertive in his role as a man, but without this guidance, a young male needs to learn this skill in other ways. Physical fighting teaches them to be assertive as well as how to survive amongst other males, a skill not learned by observance when raised primarily by a