Fight Club is a film about an unnamed, mentally unstable man (Ed Norton) who "meets" a man named Tyler (Brad Pitt) on an airplane. He automatically clicks with this guy, which is strange considering he's kind of anti social. When he gets home from his business trip, he finds that his Ikea catalogue based condo has been burnt down. Hopeless, he calls Tyler. He ends up staying with him and together they create "Fight Club". It's a way for men to get their frustrations out. But, it becomes an illegal, almost terroristic, cult.
To our surprise, Brad Pitt's character is Ed Norton's character's "Id". The Id is a non-filtered stream of wants. This develops at birth. For example, our Id tells us to eat when we're hungry, sleep when we're tired, and relieve ourselves when we have to. Tyler is Ed's Id. He does what he wants when he wants because that's what he wants. He steals cars and starts fights and does illegal things and sleeps with who he wants.
Ed Norton's character is what we like to call the "ego". Our ego is the filter for our Id. It stops us from doing things that aren't socially acceptable. For instance, our Id tells us to steal a watch from Macy's if we want it. Our ego says, "hmm, better not. Don't wanna get arrested". Ed was a socially acceptable man and he used Tyler as his escape to complete wants he had.
By the end of the movie, the superego comes in. Our superego is like our ego, but more personal. Our superego stops us from doing things because we personally believe it to be morally wrong. For example, I wouldn't bully someone not only because I'd get in trouble, but I just think its mean and wrong. Towards the end, Ed turns himself in because he believes what's going on is morally wrong.
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