The MoviegoerPrompt: The relationship between Binx and Kate in The Moviegoer by Walker Percy In the novel The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, the growing relationship between two characters Binx Bolling and her distant cousin Kate Cutrer stems from their detachment from reality. Binx and Kate both have equally strange views on society. Being distant cousins, they are able to grow closer throughout the novel, realizing their underlying connection. Their relationship is confusing, yet they are able to approach their ability to realize the inherent falsehood in the world. It is only through Binx's relationship with Kate that his concern and consideration manifests itself for someone other than himself. The incestuous relationship between Kate and Binx represents how two seemingly hopeless individuals can be mended through their union. Binx Bolling is the main character who works as a stockbroker in New Orleans. The "search" for meaning in his life is the focal point of this novel. Binx is an individual who isolates himself from society and his family and is content to drift through life. To escape his greatest fear, malaise, he alienates himself by going to the cinema alone. The malaise for Binx is the “pain of loss”: “The world is lost to you, the world and the people in it, and only you and the world remain and you are no more capable of being in the world than the ghost of Banquo ” (Percy, 120). In the first few chapters, Binx's emotions are flat towards everything in his life, especially towards women. His relationships with these women are brief and mostly unfulfilled. «Of course I would like to say that I had conquered these splendid girls, my secretaries, throwing them away one after the other like old gloves, but that would not be entirely true. The... central part of the paper... replaces his “research”. Binx's surrender to the quest could be considered his admission that he has moved beyond his own selfish desires and is now attempting to live an everyday life. He seems confident in the way he talks about his new life. Binx has changed as a result of Kate getting married and attending medical school. Binx's marriage suggests that he has become less self-centered since providing guidance to Kate. Both Binx and Kate have grown substantially. Kate and Binx's awkward and confusing relationship ultimately represents their ability to bond. It is only through Binx's relationship with Kate that his concern and consideration manifests itself for someone other than himself. The two give each other strength and provide stability. Ultimately, their incestuous relationship illustrates how two seemingly hopeless individuals can be mended through their union.