Patrick Bateman American Psycho In Wall Street

Patrick Bateman’s acts of violence are a projection of the capitalist society he resides in, Bateman is essentially America society, and the violence he inflicts on those he believes to be a lower social class than himself because of their gender, social status, race or sexuality, by inflicting this violence he believes he is helping restore American society when in fact it becomes increasingly more evident that he is just oppressing those who are already oppressed by society, those who were not born into this “yuppie culture” of extreme consumerist values. In the world of the rich man, Ellis emphasises the damage of the desires of the “yuppies” of Wall Street particularly on the social underclasses, through the use of irony throughout American Psycho in order to present the social injustices created by Capitalism, while ridiculing Bateman and others, Ellis shows the violent and dehumanizing side

Paul Owen constantly mistakes Bateman for another P&P colleague, Marcus Halberstam, for these reasons Bateman becomes borderline obsessed with Paul Owen, constantly asking his colleagues if Paul Owen is still handling the Fisher account. The Fisher account plays on Bateman’s mind constantly, which can be seen when he attends the U2 concert, to which he explains “now more than ever I need to know about the Fisher account that Owen is handling and this information seems more vital, more pertinent than the bond I feel I have with Bono.” The jealousy Bateman feels towards Owen manifests itself as a threat to his social status and thus to advance his own social status he must remove those above