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“The U.S.A. of You” (MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ZONE) Rooted in a rich speculative backdrop, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest is set in O.N.A.N, a interdependent North American state where what is currently known as America, Mexico, and Canada are one. Its acronym may allude to the biblical Onan, signifying this union of nations as a travesty of wasted potential (Hayles 685). It houses a world of cyclical addictions to drugs, overthinking, and entertainment at dangerous costs. Scholar Katherine Hayles

In his celebrated 1,079 page novel set at a tennis academy and addiction recovery house, David Foster Wallace borrows a phrase from Shakespeare’s Hamlet for the title, Infinite Jest. The allusion is grounded in the vital plot device also named ‘Infinite Jest,’ a necromantic film that engrosses the viewer to the point of catatonia and eventually death. The filmmaker is the character James O. Incandenza, who sought to produce a film so radically entertaining that it would affectively tear his son Hal

between the two separate entities, the internal and external, perception and reality. This theme manifests as the idea that the ‘other’ can influence the ‘self’, that society controls the individual. Wallace also explores the theme of self and other in Infinite Jest by contrasting the boundary between what goes on inside the characters’ heads and the outside world. Characters such as Millicent Kent feel a sense of loneliness in their own thoughts and consequently seek diversion in something other. Kent

Be Infinite “There are two things in this world that are infinite: The Universe and human stupidity. I am not sure about the universe.” Albert Einstein said this and it immediately stuck with me on how it explains humans can have the worst of times and would do it all again. This also became my second favorite quote which is only second to “You will miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” which was said by the hockey legend Wayne Gretsky. This quote will always be my favorite because it shows that

Infinite Truth Since the dawn of philosophical thought there has been a desire to find truth. Now exactly what truth is depends upon whom you ask. Philosophers have been searching for truth in various forms for at least as far back as Aristotle in the first century B.C. all the way up to Carl Hempel in the 20th century A.D. To Aristotle and Plato truth was reality; To Descartes truth was found in God; To Hempel truth was found in explanation. None of these are accurate and yet all of them point

In the novel Infinite Home, Kathleen Alcott describes the struggles, of a group of adults who all live under the same roof, but initially live their lives secluded from everyone else. After being threatened with eviction all the characters are forced to step outside their comfort zones in order to survive their own lives, consequently things will never be the same. One of the main characters who changes the most throughout the novel is Thomas. After suffering from a stroke, which prevents him from

boundaries. Intuitively, we feel that where there is a separation, a border, a threshold – there is bound to be at least one thing finite out of a minimum of two. This, of course, is not true. Two infinite things can share a boundary. Infinity does not imply symmetry, let alone isotropy. An entity can be infinite to its “left” – and bounded on its right. Moreover, finiteness can exist where no boundaries can. Take a sphere: it is finite, yet we can continue to draw a line on its surface infinitely. The

IB Mathematics SL I IA Lab: Infinite Summation Kristen Rodríguez Mr. Zivkovich May 2010 1 When one considers the concept of infinite summation, there are many observable patterns between the exponent on the numerator and both the result and the sum of the series. This investigation aims to explore this concept of infinite summation and finally arrive at a general statement to determine the sum of the infinite sequence tn. The analysis will also discuss the scope and limitations of the general

Time and the meaning of life are difficult concepts to grasp. Although everyone has their own meaning to these concepts, a physical form of infinite time can make them feel crazy. The Bible is a popular book among religious people, and all throughout time people have been able to relate to those stories. The stories within the Bible give a sense of infinite time, because they have inspired and helped people in every time period since the creation of the book. The Book of Sand is very similar, though

The event covered different topics, including various types of telescopes and their functions, what was found on Mars, the visualization on climate change, the book “Hidden Figures”, and “IDIC – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations” from Star Trek. From my point of view, I would say that everything is related to math even though she didn’t show how they were developed. The basic math might be the orbit of Mars, and it can be formulated to how elliptical it is, and compare with the orbit of