Overview: Twisted by Laurie Halse Andersone

Tyler’s character in the film argues that the best way of living life the way that you want is by letting go, and living without fear to be able to see all the things that life has to offer. We as humans tend to associate our self-esteem and the actions that we decide to make in life. For people to keep up their self-esteem, they try to control every little aspect and the outcomes of everything they do, instead of just letting go and allowing nature to take its course.

Tyler is a nihilist because he does not believe in the value of friendship or loyalty. Tyler's main drive is to destroy the narrator's life. Tyler has not emotional connection to people, and he also has no regrets. He, eventually, forces this philosophy onto the narrator and thereby transforms him into Tyler Durden. In the first chapters of the novel, it is difficult to distinguish the narrator and Tyler because of the effect that Tyler had on the narrator's personality. Tyler emphasizes this point when he says, “I used to be a nice person” (Palahniuk 98). Eventually, Tyler destroys the narrator's humanity and pulls him from the senses that control societal actions.

Away from his support groups, Jack's insomnia returned without him realizing it, and he creates Tyler. Tyler states, "I look like you want to look, I fuck like you want to fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly free in all the ways you are not." Tyler is everything that Jack wants to be. When comparing the two you can begin to notice how opposite of each other they really are. Tyler dresses crazy, always wearing bright exciting clothes, while Jack is always dressed in a white, button down shirt, tucked into his khakis. Jack has a somewhat out of shape body, and on the other hand Tyler has an 8-pack and is well toned. Jack's former condo was the epitome of perfection, while Tyler's house was by far

“Well you are free to go” they give back tyler he is frozen like you can see through him

During the book Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson Tyler makes a lot of mistakes and poor decisions. The first poor decision Tyler did to introduce us to the book was spray paint the school.

josh has the advantage, being fully awake. he kicks the shit out of tyler’s boyfriend, his foot missing no inch of him. he’s sure to put all of his anger into each hit, not missing a beat as he yanks him up at throws him back to the floor.

He moves into the secluded, run down house that Tyler has lived in for a few weeks prior. Here, it is apparent that the personality of Tyler has existed long before the Narrator was aware. The novel reveals that Tyler instigates the apartment explosion, which implies that the Narrator blows up his own residence. He needs a symbol of change, an extreme event that signifies a break from his old life and an initiation into his new life. By destroying everything he owns, he is able to release himself from his material obsession and begin a new life of freedom. He strives for a sense of identity and Tyler is able to make that possible.

In the novel, Tyler works for himself; he invents Fight Club, and then Project Mayhem in order to “create classless society” (Tyson, 51). Therefore, we can conclude that Tyler represents for the narrator’s dream. It also explains why Tyler just only appears when the narrator is asleep. Dream and Dream Symbols are expressed very clearly through the multi-personality person, the

Staying true to yourself can be a hard thing to do in today’s society. Everyone expresses their individuality differently. But we can learn a lot more about staying true to yourself. These quotes from “Self - Reliance” and “Walden” explains why. From “Self- Reliance” the quote that explains about staying true to yourself would be “Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string.” This quote relates to staying true about yourself because it means that you should trust yourself and that everyone is unique and different in their own way. Also that every person have a place that they belong to in society. The next quote from “Walden” that relates to staying true about yourself would be “Our life is like a German

Tyler believes that his generation is “God’s middle children”, casts aside as slaves to the upper class. Tyler begins his own self destruction by establishing Fight Club, throughout the course of the story his motives move from self destruction to complete and utter chaos with his attempt to blow up the Parker Morris building as well as many other credit company buildings to erase the national debt, allowing everyone to start back at zero. Tyler, actually being the narrator’s split personality is the complete opposite of the narrator, he believes materialism has ruined society by turning the average man into slaves of Starbuck’s coffee, clever art, and IKEA catalogues. He no longer respects history because in today’s society it doesn’t matter, he would rather destroy something beautiful just so he can rebuild it.

Tyler is very different from the Narrator in a lot of ways. Tyler doesn 't have a very

Tyler is thus transformed into a public enemy who wants to destroy the capitalist system. In the movie, Tyler says, “It is only when you have lost everything, you are free to do anything”. He wants to live in a primitive society in which everyone has nothing and everyone is equal. This feeling comes to his mind because of the influence of the shadow archetype. As Jung mentioned, archetypes are characteristics that reflect our primitive nature. Tyler rants, “You are not your job, you are not your money in your bank account”. The shadow becomes very destructive, violent and dangerous as Tyler clearly becomes a monster who threatens society. Tyler sees society and the capitalist system as his enemies. Tyler shows us exactly all the aspects of Jung’s shadow concept: violence, sexuality, self-confidence, charisma, courage, madness and a lack of balance. What makes Tyler so strong is the narrator’s error in repressing his shadow for such a long time.

The second theory article one suggest is that Tyler helps Alex shoot himself. Tyler did assist in the shooting but did not actually go through with the shooting himself. Why would Tyler help him commit suicide? The article also suggest that perhaps Tyler was trying to help Alex end his suffering. Alex was having a hard time coping with Hannah’s death and just wanted to put an end to it. Additionally, Alex did help Tyler in the hallway at school when he was getting bullied so that’s another things that needs to be taken into consider.

I first noticed something wrong with Tyler when he picked me up from school one day. As I climbed into his car, I noticed him listening to a voicemail with a clenched jaw and white fists from grabbing the wheel so hard. I could not decipher what the person on the other line was saying, let alone determine who it was. I could hear slurred yelling from a grown man through the phone, but why it would be directed towards my brother was a mystery to me. Before the message ended, Tyler hung up and began driving.

They agree to meet at a bar they have a couple pitchers of beer and Tyler offers the narrator a room at his place on one condition. "I want you to hit me as hard as you can.". In that blow to Tyler's ear everything changed. Somewhere in between moments the man that was began to die and a man was born. "You want me to what?!" .....