Dysfunctional Hollywood

The split personalities of Edward Norton's character in Fight Club and Jim Carrey's character in Me, Myself, and Irene are very similar, but can be contrasted easily as cinema graphic lighting and a laugh track. In comparing and contrasting these characters, one aspect that helped was deciding which of these that I would rather be. Jim Carrey's character in Me, Myself, and Irene is an all around "nice guy." He is well known in town …

…to undermining our very way of life. Besides from throwing himself out of a car, Hank isn't all that interesting or deep. Hank's only goal is to interfere with Charlie in every possible way. The reason I choose Edward Norton's character is because we share some of the same qualities and characteristics. The most important being, he was able to overcome tough situations and that is the quality that I look highly upon within myself.