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Theories on this crux
| Reading | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Minor structure & design cruxes | favored |
Discussed in
- Addiction and the Societies of Control: David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
- IJ Book Club Ep. 12: Cattle Ranching East of Atlantic City — the Ennet House introduction worked (pp. ~270–283): narrator fingerprints, the ETA/AA training-wheels mirror, the Lenz/Fackelmann rhyme
- IJ Book Club Ep. 16: You can't get drunk and you can't get sober — the White Flag / Boston AA chapter (pp. ~343–379)
- Infinite Cast Part 23: DMZ and the Feral Prodigy — commentary segment (~22 min): the be-no-one doctrine through a Drumline foil, an early mold hunch, run-on prose as brain-mimicry
- Mapping the Zone Ep. 04: I just need to put the book down and go for a walk — monthly IJ read-through, pp. 198–306 (Joelle's overdose, the Schacht match, Ennet House, Orin's backstory, Poor Tony)
- Mapping the Zone Ep. 05: Like Last Time, Only Moreso — pp. ~306–410 (Troeltsch, Mario/Avril, Marathe/Steeply, Eschaton, Boston AA, Mario's puppet film, Lyle)
- Mapping the Zone Ep. 06: Il ne faut plus qu'on pursuive le bonheur — pp. 410–503 (Marathe/Steeply, Clipperton, Gately's routine, the Antitois, the mattress)
- The Limits of the Infinite: The Use of Alcoholics Anonymous in Infinite Jest as a Narrative Solution after Postmodernism