Fight Club

I'm curious what you think about the characters in Fight Club. I'm going to go with these:



The Narrator - ISTJ
Tyler Durden - ESTP

I concur :).

Marla's a intp, I think.

Tyler Durden is INFJ - social revolutionaries (good and bad) would consistently be INFJ's.

ESTP's aren't worldview dominant (i.e. wouldn't possess that strength of hatred of society) and aren't extremists - Ni/Fe/Ti/Se sees the flaws in society and goes about bringing his vision to reality (starting at Ni to finishing at Se).

Tyler - ENTP. The explosives, the soap, the Tao-like quotes, the need for admiration. He has a well-developed Se, but a determined ENTP can resemble an ESTP. The robbery with the gun, the philosophy afterwards - very N, not S. I've never known an ESTP to spout their own philosophy like that.

Narrator: I dunno, but ISTJs aren't about that cynical reflection, in my experience. I would guess "I," "N," "F/T," "J" but I have no clue if INFJs are like that as I don't know them. INTJ is not right.

Marla: INxP, though I'd lean towards INFP.

The first rule of fight club is, you do NOT talk about fight club.

Seriously, Fight Club is my Bible.

Originally Posted by Xplosive

Tyler Durden is INFJ - social revolutionaries (good and bad) would consistently be INFJ's.

ESTP's aren't worldview dominant (i.e. wouldn't possess that strength of hatred of society) and aren't extremists - Ni/Fe/Ti/Se sees the flaws in society and goes about bringing his vision to reality (starting at Ni to finishing at Se).

The problem is that I just don't see any overarching goals that he wants for society other than for people to cut loose, get back to basics, and live. These things just scream SP.

I think you and Tony are giving Tyler too much credit. I think he made a lot of decisions on sheer impulse that just happened to work out for him. Remember, SPs have a way with words they can spout off a lot of things that sound deep, but really aren't. That's what I see Tyler's "philosophy" as mostly being: things that sound good but don't have a lot of depth to them.

Originally Posted by amnorvend

The problem is that I just don't see any overarching goals that he wants for society other than for people to cut loose, get back to basics, and live. These things just scream SP.

I think you and Tony are giving Tyler too much credit. I think he made a lot of decisions on sheer impulse that just happened to work out for him. Remember, SPs have a way with words they can spout off a lot of things that sound deep, but really aren't. That's what I see Tyler's "philosophy" as mostly being: things that sound good but don't have a lot of depth to them.

Se doms want to live and experience life through their 5 senses, not change/create/destroy society or systems like Ni doms.

Originally Posted by Xplosive

Se doms want to live and experience life through their 5 senses, not change/create/destroy society or systems like Ni doms.

Ah, but what is an ESTP's inferior function? An ESTP who doesn't have control over their Ni could be a very scary thing. They'd be persuasive, reckless, and driven.

Plus, Tyler is most certainly not a J. He's much too unpredictable for that.

Originally Posted by amnorvend

Ah, but what is an ESTP's inferior function? An ESTP who doesn't have control over their Ni could be a very scary thing. They'd be persuasive, reckless, and driven.

Plus, Tyler is most certainly not a J. He's much too unpredictable for that.

They do have Ni, but as you said it's their inferior function so it is very (the most) draining for them - Se dom's just don't have the energy to push forward with change/creation/destruction of society or systems like Ni doms (Ni doms have Ni as there lead and most stimulating function).

J is not equal to predictability - especially in dominant Ni's.