11Authenticity: Your True Identity
“Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made.”
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist
“You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank…”
These two “un‐firmations” echo through Fight Club like an incantation. Fincher's classic film (and the Chuck Palahniuk book it is based on) raises questions about meaning, identity and the consumerist dream. In the process, it strips away the false identities of many of the characters through a mixture of fighting, fellowship and harrowing ordeals. And while the film continues to detail “who you aren't” (you are not the shoes that you wear, the ...
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