Although Binx often visits New Orleans he chooses not to live there even though his very willing Aunt tells him that she would provide the sufficient accommodations. His refusal to live with his high class family is very telling of Binx’s personality and life goals. It is obvious throughout the reading that Binx is a very different individual when compared to the ordinary Gentilly resident. He often finds himself lost in thought or preoccupied with the idea of a search for something more personally meaningful. This alluding personal trait influences his actions throughout the novel. With this said, I believe that this search, represented in Binx’s mind, is nothing more than a quest in which he is to become or do something different rather than what is expected of him. His family, on both sides, always seems to be pushing him or influencing him to do something like research or medical school. I think that his search is a type of rebellion to break the chains that bind him to the idea of ‘ordinarism.’ This idea is paradoxical because the high class life that is offered to him through his parents ideals is actually rare and exclusive. But it is because they almost expect him to excel is why he chooses to fade into his own mannerism and choice of lifestyle – including his decision to reside in Gentilly, Louisiana.