Cosmopolis, a novel about the lifestyle
behind a very wealthy male and his journey to the barbershop. He travels through the city in his limo that
is later vandalized by street protesters.
Along his journey to the barbershop is meets and is greets friends. In some cases, with his lady friends, he
would sleep with. In the novel this rich
fella, the main character, talks with some confidence on his future, as if he
knows where it is going. Slowly, as the novel
and movie progress we notice that the main character isn’t is in full control
of his surroundings.
The topic for this novel and book
was about privilege. In the novel we get
to see the lifestyle of this rich man play out from good to bad. We the reader, get an understanding this man
has a good grip and control over his life, especially when he gets personal
doctor check ups whenever and where ever.
However, we also get the since his control around his life is
limited. Such as the main journey to the
barber shop that happens to be in a bad neighborhood. We get to see the struggles he faces such as
slowly losing his wealth, get very little to no love from his wife and even
losing a somewhat close friend who happened to be a music celebrity.
His main struggle I got from the novel
and film was how no matter his wealth or privilege, he couldn’t buy real
friendships. No matter how much money he
had, he couldn’t make things last forever, such as his musician friend who
passes away. No matter how much money he
had, he couldn’t buy a normal conversation.
He was sort of discounted. This
novel to me seems to be more about whether you agree to some the actions and
ideas the main character presents.
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