The latest section about the Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House saw a curious flip. It went from a multi-page list of things a person can learn through observation of the House's residences, to Tiny Ewell's asking all the tattooed residents about their tattoos. This causes thoughts that the information contained within Infinite Jest is as much a character as the actual characters. There's definitely enough of it to go around.
As the book moves forward, the information on offer is also building more of a web. Just as a character's history and personality will be filled in as you read about them, so too is the information becoming filled out. Filled out in the sense that the connections between people are starting to emerge, and their motivations as well.
Before the Ennet House portion, there was a short clip of the ETA crew in the weight room. It's standard teen macho fare, really. But it's definitely going to have some repercussions down the line, hopefully sooner rather than later because the ETA bits are generally my favourites.
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