(25)...More Revelation Of The Method - FIGHT CLUB - Is Robert Paulson really his name?...

At the start of the movie, the main character doesn't know who he really is. That's why he gives fake names at the men's groups. On a deep level he is questioning reality. He doesn't want to sleep anymore like the masses who are asleep. The movie says it's insomnia.
He then invents a persona which represents who he thinks he wants to be. A fake character who ends up taking over his life. The two of them fight for control of the body.
The movie is obsessed with 'names' and 'naming' like in the scenes where he says he is Jack's so and so...
The "club" keep reiterating throughout the movie that there are no names in Project Mayhem. This is because with a name you are an individual. With no name you are part of a hive mind. The club says in death you have a name. Then go onto chant a dead man's name.
They are literally chanting at a dead guy saying his name IS Robert Paulson (not 'was') This is the strawman called ROBERT PAULSON. The straw man is not alive you see?.The real Robert Paulson (the one that was alive) is Robert + middle name (whatever that was). ROBERT PAULSON is the dead "person" strawman. Dead in law. No right to speak in court because the dead cannot be seen or heard....
This is the name that binds you to their system, this is the one they tax, fine and rob from birth till death. You play the part of that name. They have created a paper counterfeit version of you at birth/berth (as well as a trust account which you have no knowledge of). That name exists only on paper, but you pretend to be it without knowing you are pretending. Your live birth cert shows you as your first and middle name. The surname is the slave/strawman name that bonds you to the system. Birth cert bond, jail bond etc.
So the movie is saying that the 'dead' have a first name and a surname. Go deeper and you'll find the living have a first and middle name. The live birth printout
The other interesting thing about that scene is the way the characters emotionally chant that their dead friend has a name. They have lost their own name (sense of individuality) and are relieved to say someone has a name again...
Tyler spends his life escaping reality. Reality of emotion etc. He refers to his emotions as Jack's emotions. Another invented character.
By the end he accepts who he is and kills the invented character. Happy ending, although I don't think the book ends quite so happily...