Rather than overtly link the stories of Gately, Hal and the Quebecois separatists, Wallace juxtaposes them to build dramatic tension and create a musical echo chamber of shared motifs and themes.
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Wallace juxtaposes three story lines ( concerning a tennis instructor's family, a former Demerol addict and a group of radicals who want to get their hands on a movie reputed to be so entertaining that it causes audiences to die of pleasure ) to build a musical echo chamber of shared motifs.