Literature of Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi

"A Wild Sheep Chase" is in fact a wild goose chase. In this detective mystery the main protagonist is an advertisement executive publishes a photo of a pastor that was sent to him along with a confessional letter by his friend known as "The Rat". The story is hard to comment on due to the twist and turns of this detective like novel. So who was the Sheep? The Rat? The book starts off with the main protagonist talking about his previous relationship. During that time one can infer that the protagonist is selfish and cares little about the person he is with. He was distant and hardly listened to what his partner had to say. Even after her death he cared little to what happened to her. The story itself is quite confusing with the plot twist and turns.

In the film American Psycho, business man Patrick Bateman spends his life trying to be the perfect person in the sense of appearance and business. He wants to be best investment banker and one up the competition  by any means. In the beginning of the film Patrick is seen with other investment bankers as they are discussing their business cards. One of his colleges presented his card stating that it was "eggshell with romanian typing". Patrick was one upped and did not like that but he kept his composure. Later on in the movie Patrick is out done again by another college, Paul Owen, who is younger and just as successful as he is. He feels inadequate due to the fact that his college sports the same hair style, clothes, and living arrangements. The thing that really pushes him over the edge was the business card. So, after a night of drinking Patrick gets Paul to go to his apartment and kills him with an axe. You can clearly see that Patrick is not an ordinary person bec