The Main Character is a man unfulfilled by his job and possessions. He posed as a sufferer of cancer in support groups to cure his insomnia. He is disturbed by a girl named Marla Singer who he met there everyday, so the two agree to attend at different days. On a flight home from a trip, the man meets a soap salesman named Tyler Durden. The man returns home to find that his apartment and have been destroyed by an explosion and upset by the loss of his materialistic items. He calls Tyler, and they meet at a bar. In the parking lot, he asks the Man to hit him, and they begin a fistfight. The Man moves into Tyler's home, a large house in an industrial area. They have further fights outside the bar, which attract growing crowds of men. They form Fight Club in the basement, which the club routinely meets for them to fight recreationally. Marla telephones the Man for help but he ignores her, but Tyler goes to her apartment to save her. Tyler and Marla begin a relati