This movie is about the 1980s but made in the 2000s. The main character Patrick Baytmon has created his own form of self, he is a product of capitalism, commercialism, and social ambition. Patrick is nothing but a social construction of self. He has layers that slowly peel off when he erupts in disgust and anger. Patrick is a profit because of his wealth, he exploits, he makes purchases, therefore he is a cycle of commercialism and capitalism. An example of this is his golden boy image, the cleansers, scrubs, after shave, moisturizers, and balms.
Without language we cannot know ones self, Patrick's ideology is already structured. Reaction is written and given to us. He is an example of action (doing something has a monstreous side.) He is monstreous when he says "fucken ugly bitch I want to stab you to death and play around with your blood." His physco side comes out, his contruction of who he has become, and what society has made of him.
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