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Tyler's Club, By Palahniuk

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At the very beginning of the novel, Palahniuk gives hints about his characters, Tyler, the narrator and then Marla, knowing that Tyler is the hidden face of the narrator's character, the narrator starts by "Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die" (Palahniuk 1). The narrator treats himself as a shadow of the character he makes up to overcome his problems as he states "I know this because Tyler knows this" (Palahniuk 3) in an application of "things you used to own now own you" (Palahniuk 29). Tyler controls over the narrator's mind completely, removes his character and changes his way of thinking as " you always kill the one you love, well, it works both sides" (Palahniuk 4) Tyler kills

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