7 Tyler Durden Quotes That Will Wake You Up to the Harsh Realities of Life
“Self-improvement is masturbation. Now self-destruction…”
I’m about to break the first rule of Fight Club: Don’t talk about Fight Club.
Very few movies have had an impact on me in the same way that this movie did. With every rewatch, I always feel like I gain more insight into some valuable gem that I hadn’t noticed before. It dives deep into many of life’s more philosophical questions and serves as a deep reflection of man’s battle against their own identity, freedom, masculinity, existence, and consumerism.
Although released more than 20 years ago, this movie remains relevant today with its near-perfect depiction of the timeless and raw societal and natural human principles that we all have to face off against on a daily basis.
Who is Tyler Durden?
Being the main antagonist and the anti-hero of the film, Tyler Durden is almost commendable in the most controversial ways imaginable. In comparison to the narrator of Fight Club, he is an eccentric, alpha-male, hypermasculine wolf directly opposing the sheepish, conforming, dull, and docile personality of the narrator. An ongoing metaphorical distinction between who we are and who we want to be — the desire to be free, confident, and…
