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Infinite Jest
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Essay Topics
How does Hal Incandenza describe his alienation from society? How does he try to remedy this?
The Wheelchair Assassins want to use the Entertainment to gain Quebecois independence. To what degree are their motives sympathetic?
How does Infinite Jest use footnotes to describe the totality of existence?
The relationships between parents and their children are important throughout the novel. How do the sins and pains of the parents manifest in their children?
Why does Joelle wear a veil?
How does tennis function as a commentary on society in the context of the novel?
Hal, Orin, and other characters are more concerned with the performance of emotion than emotion itself. How does this key difference describe their alienation?
In the novel, Geoffrey Day sardonically suggests that the entire world should join Alcoholics Anonymous. To what extent is his statement true?
In his hospital bed, Don is haunted by memories from his past. How do these memories provide insight into Don’s character development?
The nonlinear structure of the novel means that the opening chapter is, in a chronological sense, the final chapter. How does the novel use this structure to explore the fractured nature of society?
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