Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest. ‘I could, if you’d let me, talk and talk. Let’s talk about anything. I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption. I could interface you guys right under the table,’ I say. ‘I’m not just a creâtus, manufactured, conditioned, bred for a function.’ What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that the people he is addressing enjoy long conversations that the people he is addressing appreciate intellectualism that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy that the people he is addressing expect a confrontation
Answers
The answer could be C) that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy
Infinite Jest is a novel written by David foster Wallace.
Explanation
- These lines from the excerpt show that the narrator addresses an audience of high knowledge.
- The names mentioned by the narrator are great philosophers.
- So it would be appropriate that the narrator assumes that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy
Explanation:
The narrator here highlights the names of the influential people who have researched about philosophy. History has a deep bearing on the present and new theories are but new feathers in the old hat. Philosophers have always believed in community over competition. They have been hugely influenced by each other so that they could influence us to no end. It is a tidal wave of influence among philosophers that spans generations.