The Roots of Modern Myth: "The Fight Club"

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This paper examines The movie "The Fight Club" in philosophical terms as well as comparing it to Buddhism and its contemporary, "The Matrix." It claims that this movie almost became a sort of cult and that the message portrayed enchanted the masses, especially men.

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"Not only is the 1999 film Fight Club a story about a man trying to find meaning in his life but one that is becoming so widely known and celebrated (at least by men) that it can be twisted into the shape of a myth. Much the way that Ovid and Homer borrow from archetypes and earlier stories, Fight Club has roots in other contemporary movies, Buddhism and existential writings of Camus and Sartre, but uses those ideals in a new way while commenting on contemporary American society. With these sources, many of which are from decades and even centuries ago, Fight Club weaves their influences into a modern myth and remarkably, one that relates to the majority of Americans."

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