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Big Mac..
While reading David Foster Wallace’s “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way,” several things occurred to me. Within the first few pages, I was confused. Wondering if this short novella was actually about a bunch of people who’d once appeared in … Continue reading
Unorganized Rambling
“Westward the Course of Empire Takes it’s Way” got me to thinking about McDonald’s. At first I thought that there might just be a giant McDonald’s reunion that really happened in the 80′s, it didn’t. Finding this out made me … Continue reading
Scatology and Consumerism
One of the funniest reoccurring jokes in Westward is Tom Sternberg’s intense fear of using the public restroom. The best moment in this uncomfortably fidgeting subplot is when the narrator describes, more or less, why Tom is so badly stricken: … Continue reading
Thoughts on Wallace
In class, there was a discussion about how D.L. may have been a symbolic representation of David Foster Wallace and that he may have been making fun of himself. After reading this novel, I took another look at the character … Continue reading
unMarked
While reading David Foster Wallace’s “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way,” I was primarily confused and disoriented about what I was supposed to be taking notice of. Only a few instances in the novella were noticeably part of a … Continue reading
Reinventing your desires
In light of today’s discussion of the commodification of want, I feel I’d be remiss not to mention this weekend’s “It’s Reinvented” ad from Toyota. Relevant Wallace passage: “They make certain wishes come true, sir, don’t they,” Sternberg says. Magda … Continue reading
