“I ate this," was what I was saying. I held the
patch out to the Moms, who had her contacts
out for the dirty work ... 0. stood there, he
says, hefting a cold clod, playing with the
Velcro on his puffy coat, watching as the
Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching,
her lowering face with its presbyopic squint,
suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I. D.
what it was I held out, countenancing
evidence of oral contact with same. He
remembers her face as past describing.
Identify explicit details in the passage. Check all of
the boxes that apply.
The narrator ate something.
The narrator's mother wore contacts.
The mother had removed her contacts.
O. was wearing a coat.
O. was wearing contacts.
The mother's face looked shocked.
O. couldn't describe the mother's face.
DONE
- Infinite Jest,
David Foster Wallace
1) Intro

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o