The Search for Identity Taken By the Narrator in Fight Club Anonymous College

Throughout the novel, Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, the search for identity and meaning in life is explored through different aspects of the novel, specifically the characterization and development of the narrator. When the readers first meet the narrator, he has no sense of purpose in life and has essentially lost all sense of personal identity. He pretends to have illnesses in order to feel a connection to others. Throughout the novel, the narrator begins to develop who he is due to the struggles he endures, specifically with Tyler Durden. Tyler is subconsciously created by the narrator in order to help the narrator with his search for his identity. Tyler brings a new perspective to the narrator's life which helps him to discover what he really wants out of life. The negative consequences endured by the narrator due to Tyler's actions ruin his life but in a way allows the narrator to find a sense of appreciation for his traditionalist identity at the beginning of the novel as well as help him to discover how he wants to live his life.

In the beginning of the novel, Palahniuk shows the narrator's lack of personal identity through the narrator's actions and characterization. The narrator looks to different support groups for...