![]() ![]() For Wallace, the allure of this life of the mind and a place to fashion his own identity is still haunting. The last chapter is a throwback to the innocent optimism of his early days in Madison, a day spent sailing on the lake and gathering by a bonfire to toast to their new life. The novel ends with profound uncertainty for Wallace and his future. ![]() ![]() In the course of their intimacy both Wallace and Miller reveal their traumatic pasts: Wallace’s early experience of sexual molestation, the deep-seated homophobia and abandonment by his parents, and Miller’s history of violent rage. Over the course of the weekend, Wallace begins a sexual liaison with his friend Miller, who insists that he is straight but is equally attracted to Wallace. Ostensibly referring to his lack of preparation for graduate school, for Wallace, it is a code for his lack of whiteness. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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