Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The key reason why is soap a symbol of Fight Club movie

By Derek Fei


Lots of us see the movie but fail to see the significance of Fight Club soap. All throughout the picture you see this common everyday item appear. Yet, if you look closer at the film you will see its hidden meaning.

Tyler Durden and the narrator (played by Edward Norton) of the film steal human fat from liposuction in order to make soap. after that, Tyler pours a very caustic solution of lye on the narrator's hand. Tyler says that the pain is crucial as it represents fear. Once you know how to deal with pain you can overcome it, and death (and fearing it) is meaningless.

Fight Club soap becomes more apparent as the movie goes on. Yet, it still remains something that is commonly overlooked. Tyler makes a conscious effort to free narrator from fear and his obvious hang-ups in life, and soapmaking becomes the center of his work.

When Tyler talks of materialism he reminds the film narrator about its evil influence. Items that you own can come to own you. This probably why Tyler loves soapmaking. It is a simple process that creates a useful product. Also, when one is working, the mind is not occupied with problems.

Fighting is an essential element of the movie and helps narrator to find freedom. Two men engage in fighting and they leave their titles, money, and hang-ups, at the door. This leaves only two people engaged in a primal struggle and when done, the men are free because after a fight... nothing matters.

If you take a close look at the concept of Fight Club soap, you will see something common that is often taken for granted. When you realize the importance of these things it can belittle all the big things that bother you. It also can expose the true nature of these problems and prove that they only exist in conviction. Life's problems may be easier to get over than you may think.




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