For centuries now, man has endured billions of questions and perhaps the most daunting question a man can ever ask himself is this, "who am I?". Answering the question about one's inner self can be extremely difficult indeed. The movie American Psycho touches upon the subject of identity and self.
Patrick Bateman says in the movies' intro, "There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity." He then goes on to say that the "real" Patrick doesn't even exist. That he's just a facade.
American Psycho tackles an interesting universal debate. That is, does an inner self really exist? Or are we just simply a product of our environment? Personally, I believe in the latter. Human beings are adaptive people, we blend in with our surroundings, thus creating a self that is fueled and molded by the products thrown at us. By that I mean, we are all the products we consume. We are the food we eat, the clothes we buy, the music we listen to. We are "individuals" molded by the products we choose.
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