Patrick Bateman is the 80’s wall street yuppie in search of fitting in. Absolutely emotionally detached from society “exept for greed and disguts”, Bateman already fits in. Not far from what the others are in his social group, well dressed, eloquent, wealthy, intelligent and successful. Except he is not, because he enjoys killing people for fun. He is simply “not there”. Patrick Bateman ties into the American Dream in this way, he represents the greed and social superficiality. He lives on in a world that survives on empty relationshps. Where people even forget each others names, for example Paul Allen thinking that Patrick is actually someone else. Patrick represents upper class socities rejection of close personal relationships and acceptance of consumerism and social aspirations. The injustice of the drastic distinction between the wealthy and the poor, is cruelly shown when Patrick tells Al (a homeless man) that his negative attitude is the reason that he does not have a job. Without knowing much about the man, Patrick only assumes that he is homeless because he does not try hard enoough not taking into consideration the inequalities of American society.
Finding Equilibrium within the American Dream 