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I've never read Infinite Jest and I don't plan on doing it, but there's one thing I've always wondered: Why do people put so many color codings and notes in it? I've never done that with a work of fiction. What's the point?

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>>16814434
psueds love making notes while reading because they think people that see them reading will be impressed rather than just thinking they have pea brains and can't hold information in their head

>> No.16814474

>>16814451
But it's fiction ... Holy cringe.

>> No.16814619

>>16814451
There's nothing wrong with taking notes and putting flags so you can easily find your notes

Obviously the pic you posted is an example of how not to do. But there is nothing wrong with taking notes. You should really reconsider your stance.

>> No.16814642

Sometimes I'm reading outside and have an insight or whatever, and don't have my notebook with me, so I'll ask someone for a pen and write on the book itself. Most of the time it's not even related to the book.

>> No.16814672

>>16814619
Lmao, you doing homework. I read fiction for pleasure.

>> No.16814716

>>16814672
Ok that's good for you

I guess there are different kinds of enjoying literature

>> No.16814739

>>16814474
It's told out of order and really tries to avoid actually telling the story so it sort of makes sense for this book.

>> No.16814772

>>16814451
but i right things down to try and remeber certain facts and to refer to them later also i never read in public so no one will ever see my notes

>> No.16814797

>>16814451
Why people murder their books like this :((

>> No.16814912

>>16814434
There could be several reasons

One could be some who just likes to collect quotes and thoughts they had when reading the book

It could also be to collect notes from several books to use when doing syntopical reading

Generally you probably shouldnt use so many flags on a book (as in your pic) on the first reading, you'll probably lose the experience and not immerse yourself in the book. But on your second or third read you'd might like a more comprehensive analytical approach to the story and what the author is trying to convey. Nobody can retain all the necessary information they need to analyse a book like IJ, so a bunch of notes and flags can be really helpful

You should consider going to the charts on the recommended literature in the sticky, there is a section called "beginnings" with sources on how to tackle books on a deeper level

>> No.16815060

>>16814451
I feel sick

>> No.16815088

>>16814451
I can't understand taking notes. If you have to remember the note anyway, why not remember what you read in the book instead?

>> No.16815208

>>16815088
Once you get a little bit through Infinite Jest (the first time) you’ll understand.

>> No.16815329

Yeah I don't get this either, I just finished it for the first time and only used a second bookmark for the footnotes and took one note when the order of Subsidized Years came up. I read it over a month and I think I retained most of the cross-references and inferences.

>> No.16816177

>>16814672
Hegel isn't fiction.

>> No.16817167

>>16814451
I only do this autism if it’s an old crappy copy and it’s always a second copy I own

>> No.16817285

>>16814451
This is so pathetic

>> No.16817291

I just like to save my favorite parts. IJ was a long book and so I used these colorful little stickies to keep track of the cool bits that I liked a lot.
Every once in a while I like to revisit the parts I liked without having to re-read the whole thing. Especially the Gately AA scenes :)

>> No.16817305

>>16814434
This pic was actually some art piece. IJ does kinda call for annotation, but the amount of tabs in that pic is way overboard.

>> No.16817325

>>16816177
>Hegel isn't fiction.

>> No.16818107

>>16814451
people doing this shit drives me up the wall, no pint in fucking highlighting if 60% of the page is highlighted

>> No.16818223

>>16814434
Idiots look at how some college kid who is probably writing his thesis marks up his book and they also want to feel smart and cool.