Money And Materialism In Fight Club

Over the recent years of economic and technological growth, society has heavily depended on digital technology and fashionable design clothing. At first, comfort was the priority for clothing and home lifestyle. Currently, people climb overboard and seek for fancy designs and wealth such as racing vehicles, stylish shoes, expensive watches, and other materialistic possessions. However, no matter how many items people bought, they never achieved the definition of satisfaction and could not stop purchasing goods. People rely on profit and possessions to be joyful, but does it actually aid their wounds? David Fincher, the director of many philosophical and meaningful films, directed the movie Fight Club to mock society about being too obsessed towards materials by using irony, plot-twisting themes, symbolism, and internal conflicts. Fight Club carries philosophical messages about money and materialism to the capitalist society in order to wake up and realize that those objects are not the key to happiness. Once the narrator bought one object from the IKEA catalog, he bought others to match his perfect modern condo life, causing him to "become a slave …show more content…
People work every day without rest in order to get more income to buy possessions they want. However, obtaining every material does not achieve a tranquil life. Forgiveness and compassion bring inner peace to one 's conscious. Fight Club reveals that both ends of the consumerism and anti-consumerism spectrum are unhealthy. One end, the narrator is controlled to buy and complete his collection whenever he sees a magazine or catalog. Then, on the other side, it is the opposite character who is homeless and rejected society. Nevertheless, neither end is right as it was shown within the film. Finding a 'middle ground ' on the spectrum of a homeless lifestyle and a materialistic lifestyle is the key to balance in people 's daily