David Foster Wallace

The short story "Good People" was written by David Foster Wallace and it was published in the February 5, 2007 issue of the New Yorker. The short story potrayts a story line following the tumultuous thoughts of a 19 years old boy as he sits on a bench in quiet with is pregnant girlfriend and deals with the very important matter of an unwanted pregnacy which contrasts their values and beliefs. Wallace's preferences of devices and techniques on the narrative point of view clearly affect the reader…

Yes, the title of this article is tripping with sarcasm, but I’ll stop there. Here's why. Author David Foster Wallace wrote this about sarcasm: Even gifted ironists work best in sound bites. I find them sort of wickedly fun to listen to at parties, but I always walk away feeling like I've had several radical surgical procedures. And as for actually driving cross-country with a gifted ironist, or sitting through a 300-page novel full of nothing but trendy sardonic exhaustion, one ends up…

While reading David Foster Wallace's "This is Water," I realized how much I understood what he was communicating. I was thinking why the young fish did not ask the older fish what water is. The young fish could have learned something new. Maybe the young fish did not want to embarrass itself because the way the older fish asked the question makes it seem like every fish should know what water is. The young fish did ask the other young fish, but they are probably friends and have the same…

In Certainly the End of Something or Other David Foster Wallace reviews John Updike’s novel Towards the End of Time. The review begins with Wallace presenting his thesis: “Toward the End of Time is also, of the let’s say two dozen Updike books I’ve read, far and away the worst, a novel so clunky and self-indulgent that it’s hard to believe the author let it be publish in this kind of shape.” (Wallace, 52.) From this claim David Foster Wallace presents a compelling argument that John Updike’s…

1. In our class readings, verb tense definitely affected the stories for me. The verb tense of Good People, by David Foster Wallace, seems to change multiple times in the story. To me, a lot of this story felt as if it were told in present tense, but at times past tense was used when talking about events from the past, and there even seemed to be a bit of future tense mixed in. “That she will carry this and have it; she has to. With her gaze clear and steady. That all night last night she…

Sandra Cartica ENG 221 – CSS Prof. Donnelly 11-11-2014 Critical Analysis Essay – “Good People” The Battle Within “Good People”, written by David Foster Wallace, and published in the February 2007 issue of The New Yorker magazine is a story about two young Christians who are faced with the issue of an unplanned pregnancy. The critic reviewing this short story is Matt Bucher. He takes a psychological/philosophical approach and references the division and dichotomy within the story.…

Within popular culture as well as true life events, humans look for a person to root for in hard times or difficult events. William Wallace within the movie Braveheart captures that idea completely while trying to tell the story of how a group set out to overthrow foreign rule as well as shake up the feudal system. This piece sets out to take a historical event and turn it into a blockbuster hit through love, battles, and a martyr to root for. Although as many know that movies rarely hold up to…

We all (hopefully) want to help the environment, but we don’t want to change the way we live our lives. If we could change, however, it would make a world of a difference in helping Earth's environment. Stegner hopes to provide information to help people want to change a grow an ethical view on how we use the land today. Stegner also talks about how the environment was saved with the help of Reagan and his administration. All this can be paired with wendell Berry's Idea of a Local Economy in a…

Malcolm X was a prominent figure in both the civil rights movement and the nation of Islam in the 1950s and 60s. Malcolm constructed the idea of “Black Nationalism”, a movement fighting for the social, economic, and political freedom of African-Americans. In the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” delivered on April 3rd, 1964 at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Malcom X is discussing the 1964 election. He is communicating that all African-Americans have a choice and a voice in the election…

Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf is successful and kills Grendel. To show his bravery and abilities, he even kills Grendel without using weapons. However,Hrothgar is still in trouble, because Grendel's mother is now trying to get revenge. As the poem continues, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother in her lair with a sword that giants used. After the victory, Beowulf returns…