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developed more fully than she is in the movie. The relationship between Marla and the two characters is clearly explained, We have sort of a triangle here. I want Tyler. Tyler wants Marla. Marla wants me. I don t want Marla, and Tyler doesn t want me around, not anymore (14). Marla s character is intertwined with the narrator and Tyler. From this explanation the reader can interpret that Marla may be the reason that Tyler has a gun in the narrator s mouth. In the movie less information about Marla is disclosed. The viewer only knows what the narrator says, And then suddenly I realizes that all of this has something to do with Marla Singer. Beginning the story with the end was effective in both cases. The book captured the audiences attention with future information whereas the

movie used futuristic visual effects, but the end result was the same. It gave the story a flowing quality. Confusion is created, the flashback gave some information to clear things up and then you wrap around full circle and are back to where you left off. Three minutes. The reader/viewer is reminded that the flashback has ended and that the end is here again. The book and the movie take two very distinct paths. Your typical happy American ending takes over the otherwise untypical movie. The struggle between Tyler and the narrator is clearly spelled out. There isn t a doubt that the narrator is the good guy trying to win the fight and that Tyler is the bad guy. Gray lines are eliminated. Narrator: I m begging you, please don t do this. Tyler: I m not doing this. We are doing

this. This is what we want. Narrator: No, I don t want this. Tyler: Right, except you is meaningless now. WE have to forget about you. Narrator: Jesus, you re a voice in my head. Tyler: You re a voice in mine. Narrator: You re a fucking hallucination, why can t I get rid of you. Tyler: You need me. Narrator: No, I don t, I really don t anymore. It is very important that the narrator comes to the realization that he can live without Tyler before Marla enters the building. Movie viewers want the battle between good and evil to be clearly won. The film was likely geared towards this stereotype. There are no uncertainties that the bad guy is gone, Tyler clearly has a huge whole in his head and will no longer influence the narrator. The narrator even reassures Marla that everything

will be okay. Ironically, huge explosions surround Marla and the narrator after the assertion is made; yet they seem unmoved. They just stand there watching everything crumble holding hands as if their world is now securely built and their worries and troubles are gone. The ending that the book presented could have worked cinematographically. It was very possible to film, however audience approval would have probably dropped. In the novel the struggle between Tyler and the narrator is never fully resolved. The narrator goes in and out of hallucinations, in and out of admitting that Tyler is an illusion. He says, To God this looks like one man alone, holding a gun in his own mouth, but it s Tyler holding the gun, and it s my life (203-204). This line shows that the narrator is not

fully aware of what is happening. He is experiencing severe delusions and cannot think straight. He still pulls the trigger, stating that he s not killing himself but that he is killing Tyler. The outcome of the shooting is unclear, Of course, when I pulled the trigger I died. Liar. And Tyler died (206). A full trustworthy account of exactly what happened is never given. Who dies? Has the narrator now told the truth? Can what he is saying be believed? And what exactly is he saying anyway? Further confusion is prevalent because the reader has to decide for himself where the narrator is at the end of the novel. Is he in Heaven or a hospital? Is he still hallucinating? Is Project Mayhem still happening? The reason for such an open ending is to enable the reader to decide which

ending works best for them. The gray area that was removed in the movie makes the book more effective. The narrator now may be the good guy or he can get better and start listening to the whisperers. The choice is the reader s. They can decide who has died and where the narrator actually is. The official Fight Club movie website says, At Fight Club we want every theatrical experience to be a memorable one. This is exactly the approach that the movie took. The apocalyptic ending with the last frame of Marla and the narrator standing together allows the audience to leave the theater with a wonderful lasting image. Attention is not drawn to the fact that tomorrow would be a new day in which the narrator would have to accept responsibility for his actions. An illusion of a happy