PSY 1012 General Psychology The film focuses on Jack, “Jack” is an unnamed boy who works in the recall division of an equally unnamed major car maker. He is a chronic insomniac who is constantly seeking cure. As pitiful character as he is, extreme psychological disturbance weakened him, making him seed validation through other peoples’ opinions. His absolute low self-esteem, an his miserable life, which he defines through his possessions, obtained one item at a time, reflects the mirror image of Tylor Durden. “He slowly let the thing he owns own him” as Tylor Durden says. I relate Jack’s development of Tylor. Tylor, in reality is a physical form of Jack’s hallucination, through which he completes himself without realizing it, because Tylor is everything jack ever wanted to be, he represents an exaggerated descent toward Jack’s self-actualization. Tylor’s obscene personality reflects on the way he dresses, on his relationship with Marla through which Jack was able to embrace his real self and on the Fight Club itself. To me this movie presents theses psychological perspectives: psychodynamic perspective, behavioral perspective and cognitive perspective.The “real” TylorDurden is Jack himself. Everything Jack sees and wishes he could do, Tylor obtains, without ever realizing it. Before Jack actually “meets” Tylor, he sees him in brief, on-frame flashes, representing Tylor’s development in his mind. This development can be explained by psychodynamic perspective. Without ever knowing it he unconsciously developed the ideal side of him, his other self: Tylor. ...
