In the novel The Moviegoer by Walker Percy writes about main character John Bickerson Bolling also known as Binx, using demonstrations of details, diction, and figurative language to carry the reader through a long Mardi Gras week where Binx sets out on a quest to find something unknown. Walker Percy and Binx show that being caught in the everydayness of life is not living at all.
Percy portrays details of Binx as a southern man living in New Orleans in his late 20’s, with hobbies which include roaming the city, reading, going to movies and having affairs with his secretaries. Binx is in the stock and bonds business which he feels he settled for after giving up on being spontaneous in his life. .
Likewise, using vocabulary such as when Walker
