Yuppie Essays

“You’ve never felt anything. Not on the inside, you know that...Not for others, and neither do I. We can’t help it. Nothing - gets - in.” (Thompson, pg. 56 ) Nothing gets in - Reflecting on himself, Cape Race argues with his mother, Lomia, describing their callous nature in Judith Thompson’s White Biting Dog. Perhaps what was unknown to Thompson at the time was that this argument would become a statement on the human condition in the 1980’s - the time in which this story is set. A decade of great

More Money, More Problems, More Insanity: The Progression of The Yuppie In 1984 Newsweek magazine claimed that it was “The Year of The Yuppie”, a term used to describe young, well paid working professionals living luxurious lifestyles in the city. Yuppies came to infiltrate the late 1980’s culture, and two movie characters later written to epitomize this stereotype include Patrick Bateman and Jordan Belfort. Both American Psycho and The Wolf of Wall Street are centered around the lives of two men

Airiness in this Burdened World “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Yuppie” exhibits a character of an environmentalist which signifies the human person. We are eager to save the nature yet we unconsciously do things that harm her. Our time has always been consumed by those material things revolving around us and it is proven in the line “down came his Toyota Prius and his iPod, down too his laptop and his Blackberry…” It uses the third person as its speaker and has a serious tone towards the main

Introduction “...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, …I simply am not there.”  -Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho (1991) How and why does Bret Easton Ellis conflate the characterisation of serial consumerist and serial killer in Patrick Bateman from American Psycho? American Psycho is a 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel focusing around the antihero Patrick Bateman. Patrick Bateman is a Wall Street investment

Growing Professionally My view of professionalism when I was first starting my career after graduating from college was the typical business-attired yuppie trying to get her place in the huge world called “work.” First impression lasts, I thought. So why not try to make that impression without even saying a word. That very eager and yuppie view I’ve had then expanded as I inched my way through the working world. Now that I’ve made the impression, it’s time to make people know that I’m here. All

existence is the ultimate logical conclusion of such a lifestyle. The book explores existential themes in Bateman’s search for meaning, although his conclusion throughout the book consistently points in a pessimistic direction as Bateman finds his yuppie lifestyle as well as his violent crimes vapid, empty, and unable to quench his inner demons. The violence in the book, while graphic, makes up very little of the book’s actual content, and most of the book dwells upon Bateman’s thoughts rather than

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

Brittany Candelario—Fall 2015 Urban Sociology- 1805 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 30.4, December 2006 Tom Slater The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research Rebuilding a city takes more than just new buildings and cafes for people to hang out at; it still needs its culture. President Bush had stated New Orleans would soon become a great city reborn; the people were worried of what would become of the new neighborhood. It was hard to believe it

portrays this in a satirical and sarcastic tone, in order to get his point across. He also uses exaggeration and imagery for the audience to better understand the text. Urban attracts the reader with a character, Lucy, who he describes to be part of a “yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y.” He gives this group a term which he calls “Gen Y Protagonists

1960’s, synonymous with longhair and carefree living. The term Preppie coined in the 1980’s, by derivation means a person who favors or is viewed as favoring clothing style or behavior associated with traditional preparatory schools. The term yuppie also coined in the 1980’s, by derivation it means a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. The term millenniums the new generation of yuppies, but they are more technologically

Filming of Bret Ellis’ novel American Psycho in 2000 swayed the audiences’ opinion of it from controversial to critically acclaimed and well regarded. American Psycho entails a story of a young, handsome, twenty seven year old, stereotypical 1980’s yuppie Patrick Bateman on Wall Street. During the day he enjoys lunches, while at night he goes to clubs, does drugs, and partakes in horrendous acts of murder and cannibalism. Throughout the movie, the murder is completely devoid of any emotion. Bateman

Cinema has always posed as a reflection or “a mirror by which we often see ourselves” (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2016). The art of film has been entertaining the world for decades and helped transform directors' mere ideas into a free-flowing, creative form of media. American Psycho (2000) and Joker (2019) are two movies that accurately reflect and symbolize their audience. The two feature length films explore societal pressures and expectations of post-modern America; while both films share various

brand and sourcing their coffee from Chinese growers. The emerging Chinese coffee drinkers see Starbucks as a type of restaurant and with a cup of coffee costing as much as a days salary for many, this new trendy generation, much like the American yuppie, see these outlets as a place to show off their sophistication and hip western ways. As long as Starbucks continues to

There are many theories within the broad network that is Criminology, but none are more notable than the Rational Choice Theory. While some dispute whether Rational Choice was the first defining theory that laid the first foundations of the school of Criminology, it's safe to say that the impact Rational Choice theory has made on society as a whole is an essential one. As a result, the target of this paper will be to explain the origin and founder of Rational Choice theory, define the limitations

but I nor anyone in my family was ever treated as lazy, untrustworthy or lacking integrity. From my perspective it was not until I entered high school in the early 1980’s that socioeconomic status became important. The 1980’s gave rise to the yuppie and people became obsessed with being self-centered and materialistic. In the article the author indicates that he too noticed a social shift that he called liberal individualism where it became morally acceptable not to share. This ideology was

life then and continue to do so to this day. Without giving the background, the reader would not know when this ordeal began which could lead to confusion. Ewen also incorporates historical facts that strengthen his argument. “Within the so-called yuppie culture of the 1980s, we find the ultimate expression of such a middle class ideal, as well as its inherent anxieties. Amid a declining standard of living for many, these professionals scramble to surround themselves with the ever-changing latest

The Yuppie generation was a whole new breed to that of the older generations. They weren't looking to settle down and live the easy; instead, they were aiming higher than their counterparts. To succeed meant that you had to throw away the old world ideology that had governed the market and accept the insanity that was the economy; a new standard was set for business in America. Most worked longer hours a week and were often seen as stressed, narcissistic individuals who had little time to relax and

the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. The journey of the American car follows the rise and fall of American manufacturing, the suburbanization of the country, the birth of the hippie and the yuppie, the emancipation of women, and many more fateful episodes and eras, including the car’s unintended consequences: trial lawyers, energy crises, and urban sprawl. The American car drove history through rises and falls. In the end though the car is

A right mixture of elements both from Taiwanese and American perspectives is one of the reasons contributing to the great success of The Wedding Banquet, like what the director Ang Lee always jokes that his filmmaking style is ‘Yasujiro Ozu meets Billy Wilder.’ The movie is neither purely Asian American nor purely Chinese but is a hybrid movie that serves to connect the two cinemas. Different from regular Hollywood film, The Wedding Banquet is uniquely featured with Taiwanese characteristics. It

sunglasses, bangles, and hoop earrings were needed and considered fashionable. Brands were starting to develop in the fashion industry. As brands developed, the impact was vast. Coca-Cola was one of the most loved brand clothing. This decade was named the Yuppie Movement mainly because teens across the U.S. tuned into watching music videos starring wildly dressed celebrities making it easier for a fad to spread. The 1990’s was a very intense decade mainly because of the Iraq War. This was also the birth