The movie fight club is very interesting for the studying of anti heroes, due to the use of a multi persona main character. Although his schizophrenia is only revealed at the end, his character is technically represented by both himself and Tyler Durden. This makes two characters to compare and gives a simplified ‘good and evil’ to the narrator’s actions.

As talked about with previous books a well used technique for anti hero is the use of first person narrative which is also used in this film, it was based on a book in which is was used in as well. Through meeting Tyler Durden and gradually becoming him more the main character is involved in heavier crimes, setting up a revolutionary group that would bring everybody back to zero debt wise. This attempt to improve people’s lives and give them all an equal playing field is shown as a brilliant act if heroism, reminded often by members he does not realise are part of the organisation and love and congratulate him on his risk work. Fighting for the people never becomes clean or straightforward as the method is vandalism and destruction, this is similar to what V is doing in V for Vendetta. ‘Project mayhem’ can be compared to V’s blowing up of the houses of parliament, both use the destruction of an establishment to gain a social equilibrium for the public. So his methods in achieving what is deemed heroic are ‘evil’ and this makes him a strong anti hero.

Along with this reasoning is the simple way he treats friends. This changes considerably from persona to persona. An example of this is talking to Raymond Hessel outside his shop-brandishing a gun (empty) and asks what he always wanted to be. By forcing him to do that Tyler says that ‘Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel’s life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever tasted.’ His way of treating him is brutal although he does is for the man’s benefit to force him to chase his dreams.