{"id":3476,"date":"2020-05-05T11:25:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T03:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2020-05-07T08:27:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T00:27:30","slug":"the-main-thesis-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2020\/05\/the-main-thesis-is-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Main Thesis Is Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest.jpg 572w, http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pages Read: 106<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pages To Go: 872<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Footnotes: 45 of 388<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marathe, he of the name I would not utter (see previous post), and also of The Wheelchair Assassins, has been revealed, only one episode later, as a (the?) central figure in Infinite Jest. So central, in fact, that he may have just been responsible for expressing the main thesis of the novel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith&#8230;Choose your fanaticisms carefully. Choose your temples of fanaticism with great care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretty much every character, including Hal himself, is dealing with some sort of addiction. There also seems to be a lot of meta-commentary about the state of American consumerism. DFW seems to be equating drug addiction and consumerism with this temple of fanaticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s right. We should choose our temple of fanaticism with great care. Sports was a poor choice. Especially if you&#8217;re a Knicks fan (thankfully I&#8217;m not). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also learned a great deal more about Hal, and the social and academic dynamics at ETA. As well as more insight into the calendar that&#8217;s in vogue in Infinite Jest. They refer to the years before subsidization as B.S., as in 1979 B.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I&#8217;m going to read footnote 304, since it was referred to again. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocab Word: <strong>Sangfroid<\/strong> Coolness, indifference, absence of excitement or agitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are reading my live blog of Infinite Jest. Start at the <a href=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2020\/04\/this-might-be-an-infinite-jest-all-right\/\">beginning<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pages Read: 106 Pages To Go: 872 Footnotes: 45 of 388 Marathe, he of the name I would not utter (see previous post), and also of The Wheelchair Assassins, has been revealed, only one episode later, as a (the?) central figure in Infinite Jest. 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