"In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name is Robert Paulson."
The whole point of the quote is that while "Tyler" told the members they no longer had names or identities, the Narrator, out of respect for the dead, called Robert by his name after he died. The other members took it to mean that they would earn a name if they gave their lives for the Project.
I've been correcting people on this for 24 years and I hate myself
His name was Robert Paulson
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HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON
"In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name is Robert Paulson."
The whole point of the quote is that while "Tyler" told the members they no longer had names or identities, the Narrator, out of respect for the dead, called Robert by his name after he died. The other members took it to mean that they would earn a name if they gave their lives for the Project.
I've been correcting people on this for 24 years and I hate myself
His name were Robert Paulson