American Psycho
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Themes
All Themes Materialism and Consumption Identity and Isolation Monotony and Desensitization Vice and Violence The Truth
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All Characters Patrick Bateman Paul Owen Evelyn Richards Courtney Lawrence Jean Luis Carruthers David Van Patten
Symbols
All Symbols The Devil and Hell Business Cards “The Patty Winters Show” Donald Trump Les Misérables
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Anthropomorphism Dramatic Irony Genre Hyperbole Idioms Irony Metaphors Mood Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
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Bret Easton Ellis

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