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jimmbolina t1_j66dccv wrote

Reply to comment by thechosenronin in What is the meaning of the depth Patrick Bateman goes into about music in American Psycho? by ChairmanUzamaoki

Did you read the same book? It's not sonatas. It's pop. Are you thinking of Alex in A Clockwork Orange?

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thechosenronin t1_j66fbmg wrote

Agh no I just misremembered lol. My analysis is null and void.

I was going to say though in a world of brand names and materialism, music is one of the only truly genuine things so...it seems like killing and listening to music are the only things that make him feel truly alive.

Psychopathic as he is, he's unable to derive meaning and fufillment from benevolent or altruistic activites.

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