Patrick's Analysis 6

Page 226, lines 7-20 talk about something interesting. Bateman is staring at a crack in a wall, and says that if he somehow disappeared into that crack that nobody would even notice his absence. He says that nobody would even care, and that the theory that all people are interconnected is false and that the truth is some people just aren't needed. The world would be better off without them, he says. This could be the sign of an entirely new disease I hadn't even guessed Patrick would be suffering from: depression. Which totally makes sense. He's depressed, so he doesn't get any real thrill or satisfaction out of daily life, so what does he do? Turns to a life of murdering and violence to add some edge to life. Slowly but surely I'm starting to piece together the mystery that is Patrick Bateman.