Cosmopolis and Privilege

Reading the novel Cosmopolis, it discusses the ideas of privilege, fortune, and the dangers of money. Throughout the novel it follows Eric Parker, a young asset manager who takes a limo to get a haircut, but is interrupted when the President of the United States makes a visit in Manhattan, causing an anti-capitalist riot. This is when Parker views the world outside his life with open eyes, as he see's numerous sexual encounters with women he meets, and he loses large amounts of money through betting against the rise of the yen.
Being that this is a short novel, it tries to get the message of privilege out, and tells why it shouldn't be taken for granted. While it gets the message out narratively, I feel that it fails in the regard to tell us the viewer as a message. Or at least it tells the message very tangibly, because it doesn't tell much about what Parker thinks of, or is like as an over privileged 28 year old that wants to get a haircut. Yes it's true he takes a limo, but aside from that he is a pretty standard business associate.
I do feel however that the novel tells about the issues of privilege well, for it gives an inside look around Parker's perspective, and we get to see more about the world he's from, versus the world the women he meets are from. Or other characters for the matter. The novel tell a good understanding of  over privilege, I just feel it could tell a little more.

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