English, 18.06.2021 20:30 BraceFaceZariaOn32

Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest. ‘I could, if you’d let me, talk and talk. Let’s talk about anything. I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption. I could interface you guys right under the table,’ I say. ‘I’m not just a creâtus, manufactured, conditioned, bred for a function.’

What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
A. that the people he is addressing enjoy long conversations
B. that the people he is addressing appreciate intellectualism
C. that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy
D. that the people he is addressing expect a confrontation

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Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest. ‘I could, if you’d let me, talk and talk. Let’s talk about an...