Infinite Jest Section Notes

Notes I used to find certain sections - not extensive summaries.

* = Author/Narrator POV (Detachment from a character’s POV)

** = Footnote

(3-10): (late Nov YG) Hal (1st P.POV):
university application intro
(10-11): (March/early April ~1997) Hal (1st P.POV):
mold consumption memory
(11-17): (late Nov YG) Hal (1st P.POV):
university application failure
(17-27): (? YDAU) Erdedy (3rd P.POV):
waiting for the woman to call about drugs
(27-31): (1 April YTMP) Hal/JOI (dialogue only):
professional conversationalist
(32-33): (9 May YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Orin first calls
(33-37): (1 April YDAU) Medical Attache (3rd P.POV):
M.A. begins watching entertainment
(37-38): (? YTSDB) Clenette (1st P.POV):
about Wardine/Roy Tony
(38-39): (?) */Bruce Green (3rd P.POV):
about Bruce Green's past & Mildred Bonk
(39-42): (? YDAU) Hal/Mario (dialogue only):
about the Moms and sadness
(42): (1 April YDAU) */Medical Attache (3rd P.POV):
M.A. still watching entertainment
(42-49): (Oct YDAU) Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin at his condo
(49-54): (YDAU) */Hal (3rd P.POV):
about Hal getting high in secret
(54): (2 April YDAU) */Medical Attache (3rd P.POV):
M.A. watching entertainment, wife heading back home
(54-55): (May YDAU) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario's filmic functions at ETA
(55-60): (Autumn YDPAH) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately burglary introduction
(60): (YDAU) * (List):
short description of technology
(60-61): (3 Nov YDAU) Troeltsch (3rd P.POV):
Troeltsch staying in bed sick
(61-63): (~YTSDB) Hal(?) (1st P.POV):
nightmare of face on the floor
(63-65): (B.S.-YDAU) * (3rd P.POV):
about JOI's life/death and founding ETA
**(985-993): (B.S. - YTSDB) * (source 3rd P.POV):
JOI's filmography
(65-66): (1 Nov YDAU) Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin flying during football game entertainment
(66-67): (? YDAU) */Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis's big buddy session about drugs
(67-68): (YDAU) Hal (1st P.POV):
dream about hypothetically playing tennis
(68-78): (? YDAU) Doctor (3rd P.POV):
Kate Glompert in hospital after suicide attempt
(78-79): (2 April YDAU) */Medical Attache (3rd P.POV):
M.A.'s wife finds him watching entertainment
(79-85): (? YDAU) */Schtitt/Mario (3rd P.POV):
Schtitt and Mario hang out
(85-87): (? YDAU) Tiny Ewell (3rd P.POV):
Tiny Ewell on the bus after rehab
(87): (2 April YDAU) */Medical Attache (3rd P.POV):
M.A., wife, & bystanders watching entertainment
(87-92): (30 April YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: Intro of cartridge/talks about their respective organizations
(93): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
feral hamster herd
(93-95): (30 April YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: About betrayal/DuPlessis burglary
(95-97): (3 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
ETA locker-room talk
(97): (30 April YDAU): Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: (scenery info)
(97-105): (3 Nov YDAU 1640h) Hal (3rd P.POV):
ETA locker-room talk continued
(105-109): (30 April YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: about risking everything for love/a purpose
(109-121): (3 Nov YDAU) */Hal (3rd P.POV):
Big Buddy sessions
(121-126): (mid-Oct YDAU) Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario's romantic experience
(126-127): (30 April YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: about Steeply's undercover protocols
(127-128): (?) */ETA student (1st P.POV):
about Lyle
(128-135): (24/25 Dec YDPAH) yrstruly-Emil Minty (1st P.POV):
Poor Tony/C/yrstruly in a drug deal gone bad
(135-137): (3 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
phone call with Orin, Orin asks about Separatism
(137-138): (YW-YY2007) * (3rd P.POV):
about the founder & founding of Ennet House
(138-140): (26 June YDPAH) Dwayne (Doony) R. Glynn (source 1st P.POV):
fwd'd email; Glynn gets hit by bricks on the job
(140-142): (21 Feb YPWC) Hal (source 1st P.POV):
essay about the american hero
(142-144): (10 Aug YDAU) Steeply (source 3rd P.POV):
article about incident of (Poor Tony) purse snatching an artificial heart
(144): (?) * (List):
list of Canadian separatist groups
(144-151): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
about the fall of video-telephoning
(151-156): (15 Oct YDAU) */Mario/Pemulis/Hal (3rd P.POV):
urine sales
(157-169): (Winter 1960) JOI's dad (1st P.POV):
JOI listens to his dad's monologue about tennis
(169-171): (4 Nov YDAU) */Pemulis/Hal (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis acquires DMZ
(172-176): (April YY2007) Hal (source 1st P.POV):
for Mario's film Hal describes how to make it at ETA
(176-181): (4 Nov YDAU) Pat Montesian (dialogue only):
transcripts of Ennet House residents' dialogue with director Pat
(181-193): (22 Oct YDAU) */student engineer/Mario/Hal (3rd P.POV):
Madame Psychosis radio show starts
(193-198): (?) */Gately (3rd P.POV) :
descriptions of the other buildings around the Ennet House
(198-200): (6 Nov YDAU) Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
ETA weight room
(200-211): (?) */Tiny Ewell/Gately (3rd P.POV):
facts learned when staying in Ennet House, Ewell's tattoo obsession
(211-219): (4-5 Nov YDAU) Hal/Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis shows off DMZ to Hal & Axford, next day they plan on when to take it
(219-223): (7 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle walking through the streets
(223): (YW-YG) * (List):
chronology of subsidized time
(223-226): (7 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle walking through the streets, thinking about her memories
(227): (?) * (List):
Steeply's curriculum of previous journalist work
(227-240): (7 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle at Molly Notkin's party, lighting up
(240-242): (?) * (1st P.POV):
about Enfield, ETA, surrounding areas
(242-258): (5 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
phone call with Orin, about JOI death and grief therapy
(258-270): (6 Nov YDAU) */Schacht (3rd P.POV):
Port Washington Tennis Academy match; Pemulis puking, Schacht talks with him
(270-281): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately lying on couch after night shift, Day is being annoying
**(1000-1003): (11 Nov YDAU) Gately (dialogue only):
Gately talking with Geoffrey Day
(281-283): (6-7 Nov YDAU) * (3rd P.POV):
ETA tennis teams get back from beating PWTA
(283-299): (2000 - YTMP, YTSDB - YDPAH) */Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin's past: after ETA & football career in college/meeting Joelle, CT interval
(299-306): (14 Nov YDAU) Poor Tony (3rd P.POV):
Poor Tony has a seizure
(307-312): (7 Nov YDAU) */Schacht/Hal (3rd P.POV):
taking prorector classes
**(1004-1005): (7 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal in his room looking through old mail
**(1006-1007) : (20 June YWQMD) Avril/Orin (source 1st/3rd P.POV):
Letter from Avril, automated reply from Orin
**(1007-1022): (7 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
phone call with Orin, about Quebec Separatism, Pemulis comes by
(312-317): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
about Mario's birth and defects
(317-321): (30 April / 1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: about U.S. citizen's motivation to watch the Entertainment
(321-342): (8 Nov YDAU) */Hal (3rd P.POV):
Eschaton game
**(1023-1025): (? YPW/YDAU) Hal/Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis explains the mean value theorem
(343-367): (8 Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
about Gately's experience with AA, Joelle's first AA meeting
(367): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
description of the statue of liberty holding a product
(367-375): (8 Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
AA meeting continued, more speakers: Raquel mask vegetable girl
(375): (30 April / 1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: scenery description, reflections of betrayal
(375-376): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
about JOI and found drama's inception
**(1026-1028) : (3 Nov YDAU) Orin (dialogue only):
Orin interviewed about JOI's films
(376-379): (8 Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
AA continued, another speaker: mother with her dead fetus baby
(379): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
about Lyle and JOI talking together in the ETA weight room
(380-386): (8 Nov YDAU) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario's puppet movie begins
(386-390): (8 Nov YDAU) */Lyle (3rd P.POV):
Lyle meets with concerned ETA students during Mario's movie
(391-394): (8 Nov YDAU) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario's puppet movie continues
(394-395): (8 Nov YDAU) */Lyle (3rd P.POV):
Lyle meets with Stice during Mario's movie
(395-398): (8 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal's perspective on JOI's/Mario's films while watching Mario's movie
(398-410): (8 Nov YDAU) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario's puppet movie continues; the Clipperton legend is introduced
(410-418): (8 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal's perspective on the television/ad industry as Mario's puppet movie continues
(418-430): (30 April / 1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: American vs. Canadian values
(430-434): (YW) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
the end of the Clipperton legend
(434-436): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately reflects on his cleaning job
(436-442): (8 Nov YDAU) */Mario (3rd P.POV):
reflections on Clipperton saga; Mario's puppet movie continues
(442-449): (July YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately speaks at AA about confusion of the higher power concept; Gately's past
(449-450): (late Oct YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal's bad dream about losing teeth; Mario concerned about WYYY radio
(450-461): (9 Nov YDAU) */C.T./Hal (3rd P.POV):
morning ETA drills
(461-469): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately driving Pat's car, his cooking, his past at Ennet House
(470-475): (1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: electrode pleasure experiments on humans
(475-489): (?/9 Nov YDAU 1800h) Gately/Lucien (3rd P.POV):
Gately driving then cut to Lucien Antitoi and AFR
(489-491): (1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: about acquired Entertainment copies
(491-503): (Winter 1963) JOI (1st P.POV):
JOI helps his father move a mattress
(503-507): (9 Nov YDAU) Erdedy (3rd P.POV):
NA meeting with Erdedy and Kate Gompert
(507-508): (1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: about losing people to the Entertainment
(508-527): (10 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal in office waiting for Eschaton punishment
(528-530): (1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: comparing Entertainment's effects to myths
(531-538): (11 Nov YDAU) Gately/Joelle (dialogue only):
Gately talking with Joelle about her past/veil
(538-547): (? Nov YDAU) Lenz (3rd P.POV):
Lenz starts killing animals
(548): (?) * (3rd P.POV):
about Ennet House locks
(548-549): (Early Nov YDAU) Rodney Tine (3rd P.POV):
about testing and subject matter of the Entertainment
(550-553): (9 Nov YDAU) Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis catching Avril/Wayne in action
(553-559): (11 Nov YDAU) Lenz (3rd P.POV):
Lenz on coke talking with Bruce Green
(560): (? Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal in his room lying down, 3 people check in on him
(560-562): (11 Nov YDAU) Lenz (3rd P.POV):
Lenz on coke talking with Bruce Green continued
(563-565): (11 Nov YDAU) Gately (dialogue only):
Gately talking with Joelle and other residents
(565-567): (7 Nov YDAU) Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin with Swiss hand-model
**(1038-1044) : (? Nov YDAU) Orin (dialogue only):
Orin interviewed about JOI and Avril
(567-574): (? Nov YDAU) Idris Arslanian (dialogue only):
Arslanian blindfolded talks with Schacht and Pemulis
(574-575): (7 Nov YDAU) Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin leaves Swiss hand-model and thinks about wheelchair man
(575-589): (11 Nov YDAU) Lenz/Bruce Green (3rd P.POV):
Lenz ditches Bruce Green, Green witnesses Lenz killing a dog
(589-593): (11 Nov YDAU around 2300) Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario walks by Ennet House
(593-596): (11 Nov YDAU around 2300) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately's duties checking in on the residents of EH
(596-601): (7 Nov YDAU) Orin (3rd P.POV):
Orin with Swiss hand-model; survey with wheelchair man (Fortier)
(601-619): (11-12 Nov YDAU around midnight) Gately (3rd P.POV):
nightly check in turns into a fight due to Lenz, Gately gets shot
(620-626): (? Nov YDAU) */Tine/student engineer (3rd P.POV):
student engineer gets captured by AFR
(627-638): (11 Nov YDAU) */Hal (3rd P.POV):
dinner at the ETA dining hall, Ingersoll gets back
(638-648): (1 May YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe & Steeply: Steeply's dad and MASH
(648-651): (13 Nov YDAU) */Day/Kate Gompert (3rd P.POV):
Kate and Day talk about depression/the billowing thing
(651-654): (11 Nov YDAU) */Hal/Steeply (3rd P.POV):
Hal vs. Stice tennis match, Steeply in crowd
(654-655): (11 Nov YDAU) */Gately/Poor Tony/Pemulis&Struck/C.T./Avril/Orin (3rd P.POV):
various perspectives on what other characters are doing at the moment
(655-662): (11 Nov YDAU) */Hal/Steeply (3rd P.POV):
Hal vs. Stice tennis match continues, Steeply in crowd
(663-665): (? Nov YDAU) Steeply/Bain (source 1st P.POV):
Steeply correspondence with Bain
**(1047-1052) : (? Nov YDAU) Bain (source 1st P.POV):
Bain's reply to Steeply's questions about Incandenza family
(666-673): (11 Nov YDAU) */Blott (3rd P.POV):
younger ETA students explore tunnels
(673-682): (11 Nov YDAU) Steeply (3rd P.POV):
Hal vs. Stice tennis match continues, Steeply talks with Poutrincourt
(682-686): (14 Nov YDAU) Matty Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Matty's past and his father's abuse
(686-689): (11 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal after Stice match watches JOI's films (wave bye bye to the bureaucrat)
(689-691): (14 Nov YDAU) Poor Tony (3rd P.POV):
Poor Tony gets out of hospital and prepares to rob Kate & Ruth
(692): (?/14 Nov YDAU) Day (3rd P.POV):
Day considers penis names, misses Lenz
(692-698): (?) */Kate/Hal (3rd P.POV):
about depression regarding Kate Gompert and JOI/Hal/other ETA's perception
(698-700): (14 Nov YDAU) Kate Gompert (3rd P.POV):
Kate and Ruth walking together about to be robbed
(700-701): (? Nov YDAU) */Troeltsch/Pemulis/Lyle/Mario/Avril (3rd P.POV):
various perspectives on what ETA members are doing at the moment
(701-706): (11 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal continues watching JOI's films (blood sister: one tough nun) w/ other ETA students
(707-711): (14 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle at NA offshoot meeting, speaker talks about his family starving while he gets high
(711-714): (11 Nov YDAU) Hal (3rd P.POV):
end of blood sister: one tough nun, Hal looks for a new JOI film (w/ other ETA students)
(714-716): (14 Nov YDAU) Kate Gompert (3rd P.POV):
Kate after being robbed
(716-719): (14 Nov YDAU) Lenz (3rd P.POV):
Lenz stalking Chinese ladies
(719): (?/9 Nov YDAU) AFR (3rd P.POV):
AFR stationed in Antitois', plan to infiltrate Incandenzas
(719-721): (14 Nov YDAU) Poor Tony (3rd P.POV):
Poor Tony chased by Ruth after robbing her and Kate
(721-723): (?/9-11 Nov YDAU) AFR/Fortier (3rd P.POV):
AFR searching for the Entertainment in Antitois, conjecture of who sent the copies
(723-724): (14 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle worrying about her teeth and dreaming about Gately cleaning her teeth
(724-728): (?/12-14 Nov YDAU) AFR/Fortier (3rd P.POV):
AFR finds the Entertainment (copy) in Antitois, Fortier's return & plans to invade recovery houses
(728-729): (14 Nov YDAU) Lenz (3rd P.POV):
Lenz after robbing Chinese ladies
(729-735): (14 Nov YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe at Ennet House waiting room
**(1055-1062): (11 Nov YDAU) Struck (3rd P.POV):
Struck writing an essay from AFR article by G. Day
(736-747): (14 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle cleans the room & thinks of her history with Orin/JOI/Thanksgiving dinner
(747-751): (14 Nov YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe at Ennet House meets with Pat, sees blank cartridges and hears about Joelle
(751-752): (14 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle still cleaning room
(752-755): (14 Nov YDAU) Marathe (3rd P.POV):
Marathe at Ennet House meeting with Pat, considers what to do
(755-769): (11 Nov YDAU around 2100h) Mario (3rd P.POV):
Mario walks around ETA and talks with LaMont Chu & Avril
(769-774): (11-12 Nov YDAU) Hal/Mario (dialogue only):
about liars and Eschaton punishment
(774-782): (14 Nov YDAU) Marathe/Kate (dialogue only):
Marathe and Kate talking in a bar
(782-785): (11-12 Nov YDAU) Hal/Mario (dialogue only):
Hal confesses to getting high in secret and talks about all of his current worries
**(1063-1066): (12 Nov YDAU) Hal/Pemulis (dialogue only):
Pemulis pressures Hal into not swearing off drugs
(785-787): (17 Nov YDAU 0830h) Johnette (3rd P.POV):
Hal goes to the EH to ask about NA meetings
**(1066-1072): (17 Nov YDAU) Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis in ETA locker room, advice to Possalthwaite while Freer is there
(787-795): (? Nov YDAU) Rodney Tine Jr./Molly Notkin (3rd P.POV):
Molly Notkin explains all she knows about Joelle's role in the Entertainment
**(1073-1076): (17 Nov YDAU) Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis gets kicked out of ETA because of Wayne getting dosed accidentally
(795-808): (17 Nov YDAU 1730h) Hal (3rd P.POV):
Hal at the Inner Infant meeting
(809-827): (?/12-15 Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: Tiny Ewell, Joelle, Pat, Calvin Thrust come by
(827-845): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: Day, wraith encounter; memories about M.P.; White Flaggers visit
(845-846): (19 Nov YDAU) AFR/Marathe (3rd P.POV):
plan to invade ETA, Lenz & Poor Tony watch Entertainment
(846-851): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: dreams about Joelle; memories of Mrs. Waite; Joelle as Death
(851-854): (20 Nov YDAU before 0500h) Hal (1st P.POV):
Hal wakes up and theres a blizzard, considers his answering machine
(854-864): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: Joelle visits, talks about her NA meeting and past
(864-876): (20 Nov YDAU ~0456h) Hal (1st P.POV):
Hal finds Stice stuck to the window, talks with Kenkle and Brandt
(876-883): (20 Nov YDAU) Rodney Tine/other executives (dialogue only):
discussing ad for Entertainment prevention aimed at kids
(883-896): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: F. Francis visit & M.D. hallucination; drug history; EH residents visit
(896-902): (20 Nov YDAU) Hal (1st P.POV):
Hal in V.R.5 wallowing, ignores younger ETAs, thinks about C.T.'s past
(902-906): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: football past and decline by drugs
(906-911): (20 Nov YDAU) Hal (1st P.POV):
Hal in V.R.5 wallowing, ignores Pemulis wanting to talk, starts watching JOI's films
(911-916): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: Fackelmann/Kite/Sorkin job; remembers watching Orin on TV
(916): (?/20 Nov YDAU) Pemulis (3rd P.POV):
Pemulis looks for his entrepot and finds the panels fallen off
(916-934): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: R.N. & M.D. come by; Facklemann/Pamela issues; vision of Hal
(934): (?/20 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle meets Steeply
(934-938): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: getting high with Fackelmann
(938-941): (?/20 Nov YDAU) Joelle (dialogue only):
Joelle interviewed about her role in Entertainment by Steeply
(941-958): (20 Nov YDAU) Hal (1st P.POV):
Hal talks w/ Mario & Coyle; thinks of JOI's Accomplice!, blizzard, old house, Avril's affairs
(958): (?/20 Nov YDAU) Joelle (3rd P.POV):
Joelle goes back to EH, sees the Sheriff's car
(958-960): (? Nov YDAU) ?/Joelle (3rd P.POV):
AA meeting speaker, about trying to see his kid
(960-964): (?/20 Nov YDAU) Pat (3rd P.POV):
ADA meets with Pat about his guilt surrounding Gately
(964-971): (20 Nov YDAU) Axford(?) (1st P.POV):
ETA students getting ready for exhibition match, Barry Loach history
(971-972): (?/20 Nov YDAU) */Orin/Luria P (3rd P.POV):
Orin's technical interview by AFR/Fortier/Luria
(972-981): (? Nov YDAU) Gately (3rd P.POV):
Gately in hospital: Fackelmann/Bobby C business