The Moviegoer By Walker Percy

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of life long rut. He does not want to settle for just living just an existence. He wants to be noticed, to have the ability of excitement on a daily routine. To work hard and start a family and fight for what he thinks is a grand life. Only to realize years later that such a routine was established you never left from where you started. To Binx that is death. Not physically dead, but soulfully dead. But what is so wrong with everydayness. One could argue that everydayness could be a positive influence. Millions of people for hundreds of years have lived a life of everydayness. Has society stopped? Have people withered into tiny robots fueled by repetition? People need repetition to keep them going. Everydayness gets us up in the morning. It puts us in the game of life. It causes others to rely on one another. If you are to change a habit, chaos can follow. The man who changes his routine of being husband and father can cause such damage to his family and others that it�s almost ...

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