Binx and Movies.

1. Binx is on a search throughout the whole book. It is the way he lives his life. Contrary to what I thought after my first read through the book, looking back, I don't think Binx is trying to discover what path he should take with his life, but what path, he is set on. What is the reason for his existence? Is there meaning, or importance to anything he does? He has tried money, and women but both seem to lack substance. Binx refuses to believe in God under any circumstance, even though he acknowledges that God might be the answer to his search.  Binx is very aware of the fleeting nature of life. He lives a life of minimalism, he has a bare apartment, he is not very social, he has several flings with women he knows, he goes to work, goes to the movies, and goes to his apartment. Binx view on life seems to only skim the surface, I feel he thinks he is owed something by the world, some permanance, and because thats not the way things work, he is having a hard time coming to terms with that.

2. The example in the book that spoke most to me about who Binx was as a character, was the example where Binx talks about a movie where a man loses his memory and has to make it through life in his "new city".  To me this is kind of what Binx's journey is. He has this awakening that he is on a search for something greater than himself, and is trying to learn to cope with what is happening on this search. Binx has a great emotional connection to the movies. He finds a deeper meaning in them than most people. I think he wishes and tries make his life like the lives he sees on the big screen.