Little Expressionless Animals
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"Little Expressionless Animals" is a 1988 short story by David Foster Wallace
. It was first published in The Paris Review, and reprinted in his short story collection Girl with Curious Hair
. The Village Voice described it as "riveting".
in the 1980s. After her fourth win, the show's producers decide that she is popular enough that they will not limit her to five appearances (as was the practice at the time). As a result, Julie wins every Jeopardy! game for three years, and uses her winnings to pay for the care of her autistic brother.
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
. It was first published in The Paris Review, and reprinted in his short story collection Girl with Curious Hair
Girl with Curious Hair
Girl with Curious Hair is a collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace first published in 1989. Though the stories are not related, many of them share the theme of society's fascination with celebrity, some using real celebrities, including Alex Trebek, David Letterman and Lyndon Johnson,...
. The Village Voice described it as "riveting".
Plot
Julie Smith is a contestant on Jeopardy!Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
in the 1980s. After her fourth win, the show's producers decide that she is popular enough that they will not limit her to five appearances (as was the practice at the time). As a result, Julie wins every Jeopardy! game for three years, and uses her winnings to pay for the care of her autistic brother.
External links
- Partial text of the story at the Paris Review
- Little Expressionless Animals at the David Foster Wallace Wiki
- Little Expressionless Animals" as image-fiction