"Forever Overhead by DFW"

       In DFW’s “Forever Overhead,” he uses his knack for vivid imagery to capture the reader’s attention. He uses explicit details of everything he mentions. The way he describes the pre-teen you can almost imagine how they look and sound. For example in the sentence “moist and busy and distant, full of yielding curves, frantic pistons, warmth and a great falling; and you have awakened through fluttering lids to a rush and a gush and a toe-curling scalp-snapping jolt of a feeling from an inside deeper than you knew you had…” Wallace successfully captures the new experiences of a young man by leaving no stone unturned when it came to description. The use of his details is what I and I’m sure many other readers is what gets me reading and keeps me there. Karr said the unexpected is good and to bring the story to life, well DFW's choice of topics was definitely unexpected but still refreshing.