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Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace
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95 pages • 3 hours read

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

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  • Summary

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Pages 3-121

  • Pages 121-243

  • Pages 243-375

  • Pages 375-489

  • Pages 489-601

  • Pages 601-729

  • Pages 729-851

  • Pages 851-981

  • Character Analysis

  • Themes

  • Symbols & Motifs

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    How does Hal Incandenza describe his alienation from society? How does he try to remedy this?

    2.

    The Wheelchair Assassins want to use the Entertainment to gain Quebecois independence. To what degree are their motives sympathetic?

    3.

    How does Infinite Jest use footnotes to describe the totality of existence?

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