Binx reads books like The Expanding Universe and The Chemistry of Life. From these books of science, it appears that all of Binx's main goals are attainable; however, Binx changes his mind after watching the movie It Happened One Night. Binx now realizes that he cannot find answers through merely reading; he must experience the answers for himself. "But now I have undertaken a different kind of search, a horizontal search. As a consequence, what takes place in my room is less important. What is important is what I shall find when I leave my room and wander in the neighborhood" (70). Binx used to wander to distract himself, but he now wanders to find the answers to his