Character Analysis Of Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club'

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In Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, the narrator creates another identity through his schizophrenia and dissociative personality disorder. While the narrator’s other personality is portrayed as a therapeutic creation focused on bettering society and himself through destruction followed by rebuilding, the narrator actually creates Tyler Durden to destroy his true identity, become the person he wishes he was, and destroy those around him without holding any personal responsibility. Even though the narrator pretends that he has no control over his second identity, Tyler Durden acts according the the narrator’s desires; however, with this arrangement, the narrator can pretend that he is innocent. The narrator created Tyler Durden to be a more

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