What is wrong with Hal Incandenza?

Theories vary on what’s happened to Hal, but everyone seems to generally agree that he is feeling the effects of DMZ, the drug that caused a dosed convict to belt out Ethel Merman tunes every time he tried to speak. The best explanation of this theory is the aforementioned Dan Schmidt’s “Notes on Infinite Jest.”

Who is Luria P?

Luria P—— is a Quebecoise woman who poses as a Swiss hand model in order to seduce, kidnap, and torture Orin. Rodney Tine is in love with her, despite the fact that she works for or alongside the A.F.R.

Is Infinite Jest a movie?

What does it all mean? Infinite Jest is actually a movie. In the novel this movie called Infinite Jest is so entertaining that when you sit down and watch it you lose all sense of time and space. It’s so pleasurable, so entertaining, it’s something you never stop watching.

Is Lyle a wraith?

In addition to a Hindu guru, he resembles a Christian ascetic. He doesn’t eat or drink but survives on licking and inhaling the sweat of people in the room. He possibly appears to Gately in wraith form (or is a wraith all along) during Gately’s feverish period in hospital.

Can Hal speak Infinite Jest?

A linguistic retreat into oneself leads to muteness, and muteness in Infinite Jest is a form of death. Before his suicide, alcoholic Jim Incandenza (the narrator of the doorknob tale) claims he cannot hear Hal, his youngest son, speak.

What year is infinite jest set in?

Most of the action in the novel takes place in the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment, or Y.D.A.U., which is probably AD 2009, taking the Year of the Yushityu… (the lengthily titled 6th Subsidized Year) as 2007. Critic Stephen Burn, in his book on Infinite Jest, argues convincingly that Y.D.A.U.

What happens to Don Gately?

Clearly Gately dies of an infection at the end so it could be his ghost who is accompanying Hal to dig up the master.

What are the years in Infinite Jest?

Subsidized Time

• Year of the Whopper.
• Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad.
• Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar.
• Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken.
• Year of the Whisper-Quiet Maytag Dishmaster.

Who is the protagonist of Infinite Jest?

Infinite Jest Characters. Hal Incandenza is the closest the book comes to having a protagonist. The youngest son of the Incandenza family, he is close to both of his older brothers, Orin and Mario.

What happened to Hal Incandenza’s father James?

Before his father James ’s suicide, Hal was seemingly unable to communicate with him, and it’s possible that James made the Entertainment as an attempt to reach his son. The Infinite Jest quotes below are all either spoken by Hal Incandenza or refer to Hal Incandenza.

Is there a printable version of the Infinite Jest litchart?

Get the entire Infinite Jest LitChart as a printable PDF. “My students can’t get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof.” -Graham S.