The idea of death as a traumatic and terrifying experience to be avoid at all costs, is instilled in most children by everything from religious doctrine to video games. In Western culture, our fear of death is so all-encompassing that most of us neither live nor die peacefully because of it. Her unique form of "radical mysticism" explores cultural and religious myths about birth, death and the afterlife, and offers a path to alternative perceptions via the use of intuitive tools such as meditation and after-death communication.
Terri Daniel’s work has been praised by theologians, physicians, grief counselors and the bereaved as providing revolutionary insights into death and dying. Winnicott help demonstrate how the failure to develop the self in infancy illuminates not only the struggles of the main characters of the novel but also the larger cultural critique Wallace puts forth, a critique which echoes Winnicott’s contention that the nurturing of children by mothers and other primary caretakers is essential for building a stable society with a rich culture. The theories of British pediatrician turned psychoanalyst Donald W. This thesis argues that Infinite Jest is in fact a far-reaching and damning assessment of post-millennial American culture, a culture in which many fail to reach adulthood with any real sense of self, and that the novel lays much of the blame on parents’ inability to provide the type of early childhood conditions essential to healthy development. Many, however, see the meaning of the novel as elusive and some question whether it is really anything more than the author’s rambling commentary on the many topics that interest him, from competitive youth tennis, to addiction and twelve step treatment programs, to the danger posed by the ever increasing effectiveness of passive entertainment in allowing people to escape themselves.
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace’s second novel and the one that established his reputation as a literary genius, has attracted a sizable and loyal following notwithstanding its size and complexity.
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