David Foster Wallace and Clichés pt. 5
The narrative switch at the end of the story can be seen as an attempt by Wallace to highlight the importance of recognising this commonality between people. Brian McHale points out that a commo...
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David Foster Wallace and Clichés pt. 4
After insisting that ‘he won’t even try to describe the… furious mental back-and-forth’ when deciding to commit suicide, he does exactly that: ‘This is the last gl...
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David Foster Wallace and Clichés pt. 3
If the entire narrative has happened in the time of a blink, then it is impossible to fully express oneself through language since talking, reading and listening to words is constrained by slowe...
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David Foster Wallace and Clichés pt. 2
This is not an isolated case of when Neal assumes a dismissive response from a listener. At the beginning of the story, Neal admits that he ‘wasn’t happy at all,’ and that he &...
