Binx Bolling and Nick Adams

There are numerous similarities between Binx in "The Moviegoer" and Nick Adams who is a character in Hemmingway's short stories. The primary similarity that I found was the "search" that was found in both stories. In "The Moviegoer", Binx is searching for himself, he wants to put himself back into the social world after returing home from the war. At the same time, Nick Adams is also searching forhimself. Both Binx and Nick Adams use different methods to come over their isolation and aid them in their search. Binx seems to endulge in watching numerous movies and while Nick Adams turns towards nature to help him. Another similarity between Binx and Nick Adams is that they both try to go outside the normal ways of society. I found that both of the characters used different methods to aid them in their search for self, through movies and through nature they both found peace in what they were doing.