Mumbo Jumbo’s Jes Grew epidemic can be compared to that of a cultural wave. Aligning roughly with the jazz revolution and Harlem Renaissance, the novel provides a general framework by which artistic/media trends come about, spread, and eventually exist in their original spirit or die by losing the flair that made it special. In today’s culture, where Jes Grews seem to be coming from everywhere on social media, will we ever see a Jes Grew die in the same way Jazz did according to Mumbo Jumbo? To begin this argument we must first define what it means for a Jes Grew to ‘die.’ I think Mumbo Jumbo is trying to make the argument that a certain cultural wave doesn’t disappear, but loses its emotional spirit or flair. Let’s take Jazz for example (I am not completely familiar with Jazz history, but I think this is a reasonable generalization). Jazz began to gain popularity for its spontaneous and improvised nature, and how that provided listeners with excitement. It was frowned upon by cl...