Jews, Binx and Romantics

      So yes, I forgot about my blog after reminding myself several times to write it! Just so happens God is really good at reminding me of such things right before I cozily slide under my covers for the night! Fun stuff!

      So yes about The Moviegoer. I haven't finished all the way through I kind have skipped around some. However I think its interesting to watch Binx as he tries to pursue 'the search'. Now like I have said I haven't read the whole book, but I've read a few sections were Binx describes a Romantic, and describes his Jewish characteristics. 

      This topic was very interesting for me. In Binx's search he says he feels Jewish. He has Jewishness. Most of his friends are Jews, he feels exiled like the Jews, and most Jews are moviegoers. He says Jews are his first clue in his search. "but when a man awakened to the possibility of a search and when such a man passes a Jew in the street for the first time,  he is like a Robinson Crusoe seeing a footprint on the beach" Does this mean that when Binx encounters a Jew he feels like he is not alone on his 'search'? Does it give him hope? Maybe he feels like there could be someone who already no the 'search' and has found its ending.

      Binx at first doesn't seem to like Romanticism, he seems to have hatred for it. Yet, he knows it has some importance to the search. I think he realizes that Romantics know there is a 'search' but they cannot pursue it properly. He considers mundane, everydayness with using your senses, which is why I think he doesn't approve of Romantics. Romantics are all about using the body and soul and reconnecting to nature through these. I think he knows you can't be strictly scientific in searching for clues for 'the search", because that requires categorizing things, and you cant do that to 'the search'.  After all he says "Somewhere, the English Soul, received a injection of romanticism, which nearly killed it" He also laters says "He[Romantic] is moviegoers, except he does not watch the movie". Otherwise they know the search, but cannot search it, because they are using the wrong methods. 

 Jews, Binx, and Romantics... It may just because its late at night, but its a very interesting connection to me.