The Moviegoer

The Moviegoer

by

Walker Percy

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Uncle Jules is married to Aunt Emily and is Kate’s father. He and Emily met when he was a widower and she was serving in Europe with the Red Cross. He is pleasant, wealthy, well-liked, and a good Catholic. Binx works for him, selling the stocks and bonds that Jules underwrites. He is cheerfully oblivious to Kate’s severe struggles with her mental health, believing that nothing can go wrong in the family on Emily’s watch. He dies of a heart attack at the end of the book.

Uncle Jules Cutrer Quotes in The Moviegoer

The The Moviegoer quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jules Cutrer or refer to Uncle Jules Cutrer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1, Section 1 Quotes

Life in Gentilly is very peaceful. I manage a small branch office of my uncle's brokerage firm. My home is the basement apartment of a raised bungalow belonging to Mrs. Schexnaydre, the widow of a fireman. I am a model tenant and a model citizen and take pleasure in doing all that is expected of me. My wallet is full of identity cards, library cards, credit cards. […] It is a pleasure to carry out the duties of a citizen and to receive in return a receipt or a neat styrene card with one's name on it certifying, so to speak, one's right to exist.

Related Characters: Binx Bolling (John “Jack” Bickerson Bolling) (speaker), Uncle Jules Cutrer, Mrs. Schexnaydre
Page Number: 6
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Uncle Jules Cutrer Quotes in The Moviegoer

The The Moviegoer quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jules Cutrer or refer to Uncle Jules Cutrer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Value Systems Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1, Section 1 Quotes

Life in Gentilly is very peaceful. I manage a small branch office of my uncle's brokerage firm. My home is the basement apartment of a raised bungalow belonging to Mrs. Schexnaydre, the widow of a fireman. I am a model tenant and a model citizen and take pleasure in doing all that is expected of me. My wallet is full of identity cards, library cards, credit cards. […] It is a pleasure to carry out the duties of a citizen and to receive in return a receipt or a neat styrene card with one's name on it certifying, so to speak, one's right to exist.

Related Characters: Binx Bolling (John “Jack” Bickerson Bolling) (speaker), Uncle Jules Cutrer, Mrs. Schexnaydre
Page Number: 6
Explanation and Analysis: