Analysis Of Less Than Zero By Brett Easton Zero

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After reading the novel, Less Than Zero, by Brett Easton Ellis, I now have an idea what three movies I would recommend for the main character(s) to see. I would recommend the movies I will soon name because they relate to the characters’ lives and the overall storyline of the novel. Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis is about a young man, Clay, coming back to visit his family during his winter break of college one year. During his winter break, in California, he reunites with old friends from high school and discovers their lives are drastically different from what they previously were like. During his visit he becomes entrapped by the drug and party scene that endlessly surrounds his old friends like, Trent and Julian. Clay manages to sound quite monotone as he describes the parties and events that take place during the novel. He regularly snorts cocaine during the novel and partakes in other illegal activities but still possesses a moral compass that we see enacted in one of the last scenes of the novel. As Clay is exposed to the more explicit realities of Trent’s, Julian’s, and other old friends lives we see the harsh and cruel reality of the LA party scene and our able to see the multiple depths of a character like Clay. One movie that I would recommend he see is Savages, directed by Oliver Stone. This movie is about a girl who sleeps with a pair of best friends who grow some of the best weed in California together. The three become entangled with a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. Many insane events happen in the movie like Ophelia, the main girl, getting kidnapped by the cartel. Ophelia is then held hostage until Ben and Chon are able to help free her. While that is the main premise of the plot other tragic events take plac...

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...ch also connects to Clay’s life. In the novel, Clay and his friends engage in sexual activities with both men and woman equally. Clay would be able to relate to the movie Rent and would maybe see it as a new perspective and chance to fix his own life like the characters in the movie struggled to but eventually began to on the road to recovery and sobriety. Less than Zero was a wild novel driven by the strong plot elements but lacked much depth in the characters including, Clay. I enjoyed the novel and all of the wild character’s stories and all of the unbelievable activities that the group of friends participated in. I chose the three movies listed above because I thought they all had certain dynamics that presented itself in the book. I wanted to recommend these movies for Clay to see because I thought they would give him a new perspective and outlook on life.

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