![]() In fact, there don’t even appear to be many complete theories.Īnd for good reason. But there does not appear to be a reader consensus on the ending of the book. ![]() This theory, for instance, of Hal’s speech impediment is both fairly convincing and a grand reminder of not only how much I missed, but simply how much there was. That’s not to diminish the incredible breadth of the book, and the clues contained therein. Wallace himself has suggested otherwise, but the author’s mind is little match for the reader’s experience - especially the obsessive reader’s experience. The Sopranos played this game, and for my frustration with the show’s final fade to black, did it well: an attentive viewer, given the information at hand, could project the possible endings, and choose the one that fit best with his read of the data.Ī quick jaunt around the world’s online Infinite Jest forums suggests that that’s not true here. But the trick of the ambiguous ending is that the parts really are there. There’s no doubt that I’m thinking harder about the book and its pieces than I would’ve in its absence. The ambiguous ending has a role, of course. It was like waiting for your friend to give you a dead arm and instead taking a brick to the face. I was going to wait on it, but not that even Infinite Summer is talking about the end, well…You were warned.ĪAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH. ![]() Indeed, this post is about the ending of the book. As such, this post is pretty much all spoilers. I have not eliminated Infinite Jest’s map, but I have walked its length.
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