Infinite Jest

Dang you, DFW.

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Lord, I pray that You grant me a heart that seeks You above all else.

E.B (via slain-in-the-spirit)

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Pages 63-66

Discusses the functions of ETA Orin is participating in some crazy sport game type thing and then throws a tantrum.

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Pages 60-63

Troeltsch gets sick suddenly. A description of the first night at the Academy.

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Pages 55-60

A narcotics addict, Don Gately robs a house thinking no one is home to find a sick person in bed. A paragraph of jumbled words I don’t understand.

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Pages 49-55

Hal is addicted to the secrecy of smoking marijuana. He explains the tunnel systems and layouts of ETA and who's involved (with drugs) and who isn't. The medical attaché continues to watch the unlabeled cartridge. The wife is off with a group of women making fun of their husbands. Mario is the videographer of ETA.

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Pages 39-49

Hal and Mario have a night talk. The Moms never cried about Himself’s death The medical attaché continued to just wait. Orin’s life is described..

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Pages 37-39

Clenette tells the story of her half sister, Wardine, being abused by her (Wardine's) mother and sexually harassed by Wardine's mother's guy. Someone named Reginald is protective of Wardine and says he'd die before Wardine was touched again. Bruce Green falls in love with Mildred Bonk--a girl who is originally quite good and popular then transitions into a life of cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol.

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Pages 33-37

Yeah I have no clue.

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Pages 32-33

Hal answers the phone just like his dad, and it's Orin. He states his head is filled with things to say then hangs up. Mario asks who it is, Hal tells him no one he knows.

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Pages 27-32

Eleven year old Hal bikes up to an office per the Moms request. He finds himself in an appointment with a professional conversationalist who accused him of being silent, reserved, possibly not reaching a full potential. Hal rolls his eyes at the man, and disrespectfully tells Himself that he does not have time for "April Fools jokes" and heads out.

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Pages 17-27

Erdedy, a continuously relapsing marijuana addict anxiously awaits his beloved treasure. He tells the tale of his preparation.

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Pages 1-17

So this kid Hal Incandenza is attempting to get into University of Arizona, but they’re hesitant to accept him because his grades look fake. His uncle speaks for him pretty much the whole time. Eventually Hal admits that he did alter them to get him through a hard time in his life, then goes on a rant trying to prove himself. The others are witnessing him make strange, previously unheard noises, and flail his arms rapidly. They believe he may be having a seizure and they call an ambulance.