1) Characterize Patrick Bateman. How would you define/describe him? How does he differ from the other primary characters in the book, and how is he similar to them?
2) What do the people around Patrick Bateman do when he mentions his killing rampages and violent thoughts?
3) Discuss repetition of food in the text (and repetition in general). What might Ellis be doing with this strategy?
4) What is the effect of mentioning brand name clothing all the time?
5) Les Miserables reappears again and again as a motif. What might be the reasoning behind this? What is the effect?
6) How are women described in the text? What is the effect of this?
7) How are homeless people, gays, blacks, and essentially anyone who is not a young, white, rich male described in this book? How are young, white, rich men described?
8) What is Patrick Bateman's relationship to popular culture (music, movies, etc)?
9) What do you make of the title? If the book were titled something else--say, Patrick Bateman--how might the reader react differently to it?
10) Is it significant that Patrick Bateman works on Wall Street? Why or why not?
11) Analyze the ATM scene in the book with the film ATM. What parallels might you draw?
12) Compare PB with the women of OUT. How are they interrelated? How are they different?
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