Introduction to Critical Thinking piece, ‘Fight Club’ Discussion

I used the discussion board posting for the intermission #2 film, Fight Club, because it shows some of the critical analysis I used to make my points about how even a dysfunctional community such as the Fight Club, rationalized the illegal and immoral activity they were involved in. In my posting I focused on the part of the film where the main characters were stealing discarded body fat from the dumpsters of a liposuction clinic to make soap, which they sold at a premium in order to fund their other illegal and immoral activities. I then synthesized from much of this type of activity that the community of fight club members were motivated to strike back at society for all of its excesses and indulgences – using the “indulgences” of wealthy, over-indulgent, women’s discarded fat to personify their motivation. This was a startling movie to watch the first time through, but it was successful in providing lots of opportunity to discuss and consider how so many types of societal boundaries were crossed.