Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
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Fight Club: Foil 1 key example

Key Examples in Fight Club

Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis—The Narrator and Tyler:

Before the reader learns that they are, in fact, the same person, Tyler Durden and the Narrator function as foils of one another. The novel literally presents the two men as night and day:

Tyler worked part-time as a movie projectionist. Because of his nature, Tyler could only work night jobs. If a projectionist called in sick, the union called Tyler.

Some people are night people. Some people are day people. I could only work a day job.