In Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, presents a novel where men “bond” through choosing to fight one another when there is no “reason” to do so. What is that wound?

In Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, presents a novel where men “bond” through choosing to fight one another when there is no “reason” to do so. In addition, he suggests that a boy raised “without afather” suffers a wound that becomes a life-long scar. What is that wound? How can it heal?