Exposition
Fight Club begins with Tyler and our narrator in a building rigged to blow. Tyler has a gun inside of the Narrators mouth and keeps talking about how we are in a repulsive society and how we must destroy something to realize how beautiful it was or to appreciate what was once. After Tyler counting down the time for explosion reaches five minutes we flashback to the beginning of this story, to the introduction of an unnamed recall salesman (our Narrator) for an unnamed auto company. He is a deeply depressed man suffering from insomnia by jet lag from his frequent travels from business. So for his “pain” a doctor advises him to go to the testicular cancer meeting and see real pain. After attending many meetings ranging from tuberculosis to alcoholic anonymous it makes him cry which helps him sleep and rids him of his insomnia problems.
Inciting Moment
The enticing moment occurs when our main character comes in contact with Marla at various support groups. The
support groups consisted of testicular cancer,tuberculosis, alcoholics anonymous, and pretty much any groups that would be acceptable to show emotion in. Marla was blocking his mind from being able to show emotion in the groups which helped him with the insomnia that he suffered from. Marla is the reason that our main character was introduced to Tyler Durden, a soap retailer, as well as the man who created Fight Club which became the most successful support group that our main character had encountered. He began to rapidly change the way in which he was living, these character had a major impact in his life and constantly made the main character a dynamic character.
Rising Action
The rising action occurs when our main character is on his way back to his apartment one night after a long trip away on business. He returns to find his laying on the sidewalk in shambles, it had exploded out of the main building, he was left homeless. Our main character was then faced with finding a new placeto stay, at first he calls Marla but in a gut instinct he hangs up and calls Tyler Durden a man whom he had been acquainted with earlier on the plane. After meeting Tyler at a bar they wind up fighting in the parking lot they found it to be a very refreshing way of relieving stress in their lives. They had not fought out of hate but rather just for enjoyment. The main character and Tyler found so much enjoyment in these late night fights that it quickly became a popular club that escaladed into more than the main character had expected but everything that Tyler had hoped for. What was once a just a club eventually became a cult that was based around the destruction of major business organizations, this was a series of bombings that was called "Project Mahem." The cult consisted of many members who were typically lower class and had worked for society and more importantly the business that were being targeted during "Project Mahem." During the course of these events our main character becomes more and more annoyed with the various violent actions of his partner Tyler Durden.
Climax
The climax is when Tyler Durden mysteriously disappears from our main characters life. The main character cannot handle not knowing where Tyler has disappeared to. On our main characters newfound quest to find Tyler he discovers that Tyler is not really a real person but rather the main character himself. Upon realizing this he learns that Marla is in danger of all that "Project Mahem" has to offer and desperately tries to reconcile what he unknowingly created.
Falling Action
The falling action is when our main character finally confronts his alter ego Tyler Durden, by controlling his emotions and finding out who he really is in life.
