Good Looking People in Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter of Available Space

Pages 306–312: Sir, a whole history

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Welcome to our belated fourteenth episode—sorry, it couldn't be helped! This week, we learn more about Quebecois separatists and discuss our own, largely-inadequate history educations.

Topics of discussion:
  • Answering the double-bind essay question
  • Inadequate curricula, both real and fictional
  • Quebec History in Infinite Jest: Disentangling Fact from Fiction: A Brief Survey of Canadian Historical References in the Writings of David Foster Wallace
  • Wile E. Coyote as a model for direct action in the Quebec freedom struggle
    • See also:
    • Wikipedia: Felo de se
    • Wikipedia: Cap-Rouge, Quebec City
    • Wikipedia: Louis de Buade de Frontenac
    • Wikipedia: Château Frontenac
    • Wikipedia: Jacques Cartier
    • Wikipedia: Jean-François Roberval
    • Wikipedia: Samuel de Champlain
    • Wikipedia: Ursulines
    • Wikipedia: Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
    • Wikipedia: Meech Lake Accord
    • Wikipedia: Jacques Parizeau
    • Wikipedia: 1995 Quebec referendum
    • Wikipedia: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
    • Infinite Jest Wiki – Notes and Errata (page 1016 notes on Brazilian Nuevo Contras/Noie Störkraft/The Shining Path/Belgian CCC's)

      • We'll be reading pages 312–343 next week.

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