White NoiseWritten By Don DeLillo

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White Noise is written with 3 sections:

Waves and Radiation

Section

I

“ Waves and Radiation” introduces the reader to the characters, setting, and background. This section also reveals the theme and how it affects the main character.

The Airborne Toxic EventSection

II

The “Airborne Toxic Event” is the climax of the story that changes the life style and attitudes of the people of Blacksmith.

DylaramaSection

III

The “Dylarama” is the conclusion that ensues after the search for the miracle drug Dylar.

Blacksmith

College on the hill.

Jack Gladney and his extended family:

Professor Jack Gladney• Jack is the Narrator and Main

protagonist if White Noise. • He is the head of house hold.• He is a professor in the small

collage town of Blacksmith. He teaches about Hitler and the Third Reich.

Family• Babette: Jacks wife and mother of

Denise, Eugene, and little Wilder.• Jack’s Children: Mary Alice,

Hienrich, Steffie, and Bee.• Ex-wives: Dana Breedlove, Janet

Savory, and Tweedy Browner. All of which are or once was a spy.

Friends and Enemies• Murray Siskind is a fellow

professor at the college on the hill. He quickly becomes a friend and confidant.

• Mr. Gray is the infamous Dylar dealer.

1980’sThe decade begins new technology: Computers, new

pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. Commercialism is a prominent fixture in all house holds. People live and breathe by the products that are advertised through the airwaves. The easier technology makes our life, the less thought and effort we put into living it.

DeathThe main theme through out White Noise is death itself. Death is not predictable, even though you may have a general time line; so one must live their life as if every day is your last. Don’t look to death as an end, but as a change. We all die eventually, it is how we lived that really matters.

People need fear as an emotion. Fear of change, love, death, etc.. Fear makes us couscous. But we cannot let fear rule our lives, and govern the way react. Living our lives in fear of the death, is not living. Dylar was created to inhibit the fear sensation, but who are we and what are we capable of when we have no fear?

Fear

How would you react in a tragedy?

Run and hide. Fight to survive.

We are human, and survival is what make us fight.

Fearing death, makes us afraid to live. Jack and Babette were so consumed with their fear of death, they wasted precious moments of their lives.

White NoiseWhite noise is any random, collectable occurrence of unrelated things. (Business Dictionry.com)

Life is full of white noise.