Character Analysis Of Patrick Bateman In American Psycho

The film "American Psycho" tells a story about a person named Patrick Bateman who is the son of a successful Wall Street entrepreneur. He is the typical person living a yuppie style of life who has a well-paid job, wears designer outfits, and anything else a high-class person out to have. His life is mostly about getting reservations at trendy restaurants, maintaining his physical appearance, and shallow conversations as well as comparisons with his wealthy friends who he mostly dislikes. However, this person who appears to be a charming gentleman is actually a cold-blooded killer. Sometimes he kills people because they are superior to him in certain aspect, but usually he just chooses random people to kill. Moreover, he never got arrested
The narratives starting from the beginning and also appear throughout the movie demonstrates his avowed superiority. For example, he says he has a better haircut than a colleague who looks alike like him in his mind. Moreover, he believes that owing a large amount of money is the identification of making him an important man and he is special. He only likes to associate with high-status people like him and sometimes have competitions with them. In the scene of comparing business cards, it turns from showing off Patrick's business card into a tense competition. When he finds out that Paul Allen has a better card, his face turns pale and even has sweats on his forehead. This jealousy is also showed when one of prostitutes who he brought to Paul's apartment says that Paul's Apartment is better which eventually leads to her death by making him angry. He also requires excessive admiration, he enjoys when people praising his Valentino suits, but hates people touching him probably due to his sense of superiority and haughty attitudes. He slaps Luis's hand away which tries to touch his suit. And once he passes by a homeless black man, he originally was going to help him, but shows a sense of disgust and disdain when that man touches him. So instead he says he is nothing like him, and beats and kills him. Furthermore, he is utterly obsessed with his physical appearance