Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Breakfast of Champions, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Art, Subjectivity, and Absurdity
People and Machines
Race and Racism
The Destruction of the Planet
Capitalism and Consumerism
Mental Health
Summary
Analysis
The lights go on in the empty movie theater in New York City. “No more fun tonight, grandfather,” the manager says to Kilgore. “Time to go home.” Kilgore slowly gathers his belongings and heads out the front door to Forty-second Street.
The theater manager’s reference to Kilgore as a “grandfather” reflects Kilgore’s desire to be seen as “the dirtiest of old men,” which adds to Kilgore’s identity as an anti-artist.
Themes
