Characters in Fight Club
Jack
Tyler Durden (Jack's alter ego)
Marla
Bob
Characters in American Beauty
Lester Burnham
Characters in American Beauty
Lester Burnham
Carolyn Burnham
Jane Burnham
Angela
Frank Fitz
Ricky Fitts
Jack and Lester - both struggling with masclinity whilst trying to re-define themselves. They both live joyless lives, they are consumers seeking happiness.
Jack and Carolyn - both pro-consumerist ideology to fulfil mental happiness, but deep down they are very unhappy.
Tyler and Lester - both quest for physical embodiment/ power, strength, endurance.
Tyler and Ricky - both observers/voyerisitc.
Tyler and Frank - both believe in traditional fighting values. (Frank forever wanting his son to fight back).
Frank and Bob - the most feminim characters in the films. Bob = no balls, 'bitch tits' Frank = he break downs, he cries, qualities of a woman.
Marla and Angela - both searching for gradification and fulfillment. They both have a constructed identity and deep insecurities, creating a false persona. They both crave male attention and in a sense are lost, they don't know what to do with themselves.
Marla and Jane - both disfuntional characters that don't fit in and the two of them are different representations of beauty. They challenge the ideologies of feminity and beauty, but are beautiful in their own right.
Marla, Angela and Jane - the three crave male attention. for Jane it's about male human contact, not sexually driven. She craves a father figure and some sort of relationship with her father. Whereas for Angela and Jane, they crave sexual attention from men in order to feel better about themselves.
Jack and Carolyn - both pro-consumerist ideology to fulfil mental happiness, but deep down they are very unhappy.
Tyler and Lester - both quest for physical embodiment/ power, strength, endurance.
Tyler and Ricky - both observers/voyerisitc.
Tyler and Frank - both believe in traditional fighting values. (Frank forever wanting his son to fight back).
Frank and Bob - the most feminim characters in the films. Bob = no balls, 'bitch tits' Frank = he break downs, he cries, qualities of a woman.
Marla and Angela - both searching for gradification and fulfillment. They both have a constructed identity and deep insecurities, creating a false persona. They both crave male attention and in a sense are lost, they don't know what to do with themselves.
Marla and Jane - both disfuntional characters that don't fit in and the two of them are different representations of beauty. They challenge the ideologies of feminity and beauty, but are beautiful in their own right.
Marla, Angela and Jane - the three crave male attention. for Jane it's about male human contact, not sexually driven. She craves a father figure and some sort of relationship with her father. Whereas for Angela and Jane, they crave sexual attention from men in order to feel better about themselves.
