Tyler buys the narrator drinks and uses sexual language before their first fight, which signifies that fighting, like sex, is an intimate thing. Before this scene takes place, the viewer discovers that the narrator’s apartment blows up, and he remains homeless. Having no one else to call, he calls Tyler, and Tyler takes him to the bar to buy him drinks. The narrator needs a place to stay, and Tyler tells him to “cut the foreplay and just ask” (Fight Club). Later on throughout the scene, the viewer finds out that the narrator must fight Tyler to live with him. This scene parallels a person losing their virginity. Both of the men have never been in a fight before, and Tyler is confident and ready to go, while the narrator appears unsure and scared.
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Tyler and the narrator are in the bathroom in this part of the film, and Tyler takes a bath while the narrator sits on the floor. They talk about fighting and their familial problems. Tyler says, “We’re a generation of men raised by women. I’m wondering if another woman is really the answer we need” (Fight Club). Friends do not watch each other bathe or talk to each other while doing so. Most friends do not care to see each other’s naked bodies, and the fact that the narrator watches Tyler while he is naked implies that they are something more. The statement Tyler gives further suggests the truth of this idea. It implies that Tyler does not want a woman in a romantic sense in his life, and he may desire another man since his life lacked men. This implies that he and the narrator need each other in a romantic sense, and they can fill the parts in each other’s lives in which they lack. Tyler’s dialogue further illustrates his and the narrator’s sexual …show more content…
The film critiques masculinity as a whole, even though it appears to be a regular action movie on the surface. The viewer walks away from this movie and questions what true masculinity is, and the underlying themes are responsible for that. Tyler and the narrator’s relationship is smart and deceptive in the way the movie portrays these sex scenes because the movie probably would not have been so popular if it was blatantly obvious. The movie portrays Tyler as a rough, masculine guy carved out of wood, and the narrator becomes this way when their bond becomes stronger. Their underlying relationship displays that men can be both masculine and
Tyler and the narrator are in the bathroom in this part of the film, and Tyler takes a bath while the narrator sits on the floor. They talk about fighting and their familial problems. Tyler says, “We’re a generation of men raised by women. I’m wondering if another woman is really the answer we need” (Fight Club). Friends do not watch each other bathe or talk to each other while doing so. Most friends do not care to see each other’s naked bodies, and the fact that the narrator watches Tyler while he is naked implies that they are something more. The statement Tyler gives further suggests the truth of this idea. It implies that Tyler does not want a woman in a romantic sense in his life, and he may desire another man since his life lacked men. This implies that he and the narrator need each other in a romantic sense, and they can fill the parts in each other’s lives in which they lack. Tyler’s dialogue further illustrates his and the narrator’s sexual …show more content…
The film critiques masculinity as a whole, even though it appears to be a regular action movie on the surface. The viewer walks away from this movie and questions what true masculinity is, and the underlying themes are responsible for that. Tyler and the narrator’s relationship is smart and deceptive in the way the movie portrays these sex scenes because the movie probably would not have been so popular if it was blatantly obvious. The movie portrays Tyler as a rough, masculine guy carved out of wood, and the narrator becomes this way when their bond becomes stronger. Their underlying relationship displays that men can be both masculine and