. This obsession with signifiers renders individuals interchangeable; characters frequently mistake Bateman for his colleagues, suggesting that in a society of pure surface, individuality is lost The Serial Killer as a Metaphor Bateman's nightly "bloodlust" is a literal extension of his daytime greed . His inability to distinguish between people and products leads him to consume both with equal detachment. As a metaphor for a materialistic society

: Many articles view Patrick Bateman as a personification of the "trickle-down" economics and materialistic excess of the 1980s. Unreliable Narration

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and grooming standards to maintain a "mask of sanity" that hides his internal void. Satire of Corporate Greed: