In the novel, The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy, the narrator, Jack Bolling, believes that everyone has a role to play and that their happiness is predicated upon how well they play their given role. He also believes that people get trapped in "everydayness" and become "dead". Jack Bolling's decision to marry Kate Cutrer is partly based on these beliefs of his, but it is also based upon the discovery that Sharon is engaged herself.
Kate Cutrer has some mental problems of her own, and, being Jack Bolling's cousin, he learns about them and observes them. As he goes throughout his days, Jack Bolling tries to avoid the typical roles of people; the "everydayness". When he thinks about falling into a pattern, it makes him physically sick. He is afraid to be normal, to be just another person in the world. It seems as if he wants to "insert himself into the world", but he is afraid to because he also wants to play the roles that people want him to play, such as his aunt. His aunt thinks that......

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Title: Walker Percy's The Moviegoer
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