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Essay / Ideology in Fight Club - 993
In the story, Tyler Durden, the creator of Fight Club, believed that "every man... had the power to control history." We, each of us, can take control of the world” (87). Tyler Durden decided to create Project Mayhem with the goal of controlling the world. His control of the world would ruin the order of society. “Project Mayhem will force humanity into dormancy or remission long enough for Earth to recover” (89). With the help of his space monkeys, they created destruction – killing people, destroying buildings, creating bombs, etc. It says in the story: “It’s Project Mayhem that will save the world” (89). He believed that if he controlled the world, he would be able to fix the world and its problems. He planned to save the world through the demolition of Project Mayhem. In the story, Tyler Durden and the people who follow him are all extremists who fight against society. Society already has a system and set of rules that control what people can or cannot do, what people can or cannot say, etc. At the end of the story, a very dramatic scene occurs. “And I pull the trigger” (205). Tyler Durden, the creator of Fight Club and Project Mayhem, attempted suicide. This final event shows that order in society is not meant to be disrupted. This also shows that if an extremist decides to turn against society, he will not succeed. Tyler tried