/lit/ - Literature

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>okay, so we know the wraith is JOI
Yes
>what's his connection to Stice?
He is in the long process of possessing him to play a game of tennis with his son who he could never communicate with
>why does he move the bed around?
Likely JOI's spiritual presence fucking things up, I don't see anything intentional in it, though some of his other actions, like dropping the tripod in the woods for Mario seem wholly intentional
>did he put DMZ on Hal's toothbrush?
It is my opinion that he did not.
>when?
Never.
>and the game where Stice almost beat hal, was it because he was "possessed" by JOI?
No, that was Hal's marijuana withdrawal taking a toll on him.
>and the [scene] with Gately and Hal (?) (and joelle?) digging up the corpse is so vague and quick, how in the hell are we supposed to get anything from that?
You aren't supposed to get anything concrete, the underlying plot to Infinite Jest is ambiguous, and, in my opinion, largely unimportant. However, to clarify at least one understanding of the scene, they are digging up JOI's corpse to look for the Infinite Jest master tape, and it is then that Hal says they are too late.
>let alone assume that Orin got there first and took the entertainment and mailed it to the medical attache, what the fuck?
The copy of Infinite Jest the medical attache received was read-only, not the master tape, and sent by PYEU distribution, so while it comes from Arizona, it seems likely it was set up by James Incandenza to be discreetly sent by his private distribution company. I know some disagree with that, but it is my understanding that Orin has nothing to do with that copy. Later, when the AFR interrogate him, he seems to give up the location of the master tape (James' grave), which presumably prompts him to tell Hal and the gang to go get the tape first. The one gaping hole there aren't even theories to fill in, is how Hal, Gately, Wayne, and possibly Joelle assemble, and under what pretext.