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* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: About half the dialogue.

** [[Seinfeldian Conversation]], [[Wiki Walk]], and [[Little-Known Facts]]: The other half of the dialogue.

* [[Get On With It Already]]: The Airborne Toxic Event plot doesn't start until almost halfway through the book, the first half resembling a meandering [[Absurdity Ascendant|absurdist]] [[~~Sit Com~~]].

* [[Get On With It Already]]: The Airborne Toxic Event plot doesn't start until almost halfway through the book, the first half resembling a meandering [[Absurdity Ascendant|absurdist]] [[Sitcom]].

* [[Going to See ~~The~~ Elephant]]: The "Most Photographed Barn in America" early in the book, a [[Deconstructive Parody]] of roadside tourist attractions whose fame is a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].

* [[Going to See the Elephant]]: The "Most Photographed Barn in America" early in the book, a [[Deconstructive Parody]] of roadside tourist attractions whose fame is a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].

* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Gladney, who frequently indulges in philosophical asides, quotes random things "the TV said", and sometimes drops [[Product Placement|brand names]] into his narration as if they rise up from his subconscious.

* [[Mind Screw]]: For most of the novel we just get the playfully enigmatic postmodern style one would expect, but near the end, as Jack begins to unravel and fray and the plot build to the climax, it gradually gets more and more bewildered, only to resolve in what appears to be clarity in the last chapter.