What is the meaning of the penguin in Fight Club? - Movies & TV

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When the Narrator goes into his cave
he encounters a penguin that says, "Slide." What is the meaning of sliding, and why is
there a penguin?

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The cave
and the penguin are the result of therapy where the female voice tells the whole group
how to "meditate". Every person has their own interpretation of the cave and an animal
that is inside (which represents them); in the narrator's case he sees himself as a
penguin.

He probably interpreted himself as a
penguin to show himself his inability to let go of his depressing lifestyle, since
penguins can't fly away from their "problems" they can merely
slide away. Which is what he did he slid to the "new
life".

In the movie there is also another quote
that references the "sliding"
:

Narrator: You had to give it to him: he had a plan. And it
started to make sense, in a Tyler sort of way. No fear. No distractions. The

ability to let that which does not matter truly
slide.