Through this, the reader grasps the concept of an interview as well as knowledge of those who are being interviewed. Characters demonstrate their state of mind and way of perceiving specific things. Because of the book's title and primary storyline, the motif of interview permeates the book and leads the reader to continually be aware of the possibility of interview. The men who provide interviews in the stories have reason to provide their thoughts on various topics, including women the gross inadequacy they exhibit is a motif that pursues the book even during stories without these interviews. As the collection, which is meant to be read from beginning to end, advances, the allegory remains and is exhibited in what the characters notice. Allegory of Agingĭavid Foster Wallace's decision to begin the anthology with a story about an aging poet leads to an allegory throughout the stories of the concept of aging the direction of observation changes as characters act and give interviews, but the events of even the shortest stories lead to older and more worldly states of being for the characters involved. This symbol measures the plot throughout the story and shows how the reader perceives the boy through the words Wallace provides we also see how the character views the diving board as a symbol for his own life.
We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.ĭavid Foster Wallace uses the diving board in "Forever Overhead" to mark the character's incipient sense of identity as a young adolescent. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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