"The Life-Goer?"

In The Moviegoer, Walker Percy narrates the life of a thirty-ish year-old businessman named Binx. Binx tells the story himself, giving his perspective on events and the people with whom he interacts. He also enjoys going to the movies: in fact, this seem so be a very important part of his life: "Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives: the time one climbed the Parthenon at sunrise, the summer night one met a lonely girl in Central Park and achieved with her a sweet and natural relationship, as they say in books. I too once met a girl in Central Park, but it is not much to remember. What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three men with a carbine as he was falling to the dusty street in Stagecoach, and the time the kitten found Orson Welles in the doorway in The Third Man." (7) Because Binx considers memorable moments to be movies, we know he sees them a lot. But it seems to be the way he views life, as well: while reading, I found a slightly third-person omniscient tone , even though it is a character narrating his daily life and a walk down the street. For instance, he observes a young couple walking down the street, and notices that "they are not really happy." He further diagnoses their troubles: "He is anxious; he is threatened from every side. Each stranger he passes is a reproach to him, every doorway a threat. What is wrong? he wonders. She is unhappy but for a different reason, because he is unhappy and she knows it but doesn't know why." Finally, Binx observes the effect of the couple's interaction with William Holden, the movie star (coincidence?): "All at once the world is open to him. Nobody threatens from patio and alley. His girl is open to him too... She feels the difference too. She had not known what was wrong nor how it was righted but she knows now that all is well." (p.15-16). I don't know about you, but I felt like this is the view of someone all-knowing, but it's just Binx's everyday walk. It seems, with his extraordinary perception, that perhaps Binx is not a moviegoer at all but in fact a life-goer. Is this Walker Percy's way of indirect commentary on life? What do you think is his reasoning for creating such a character?