Tag Archives: Death
White Noise, Technology, and Death
In White Noise Delillo emphasizes death as a constantly recurring theme. Although death is always being mentioned and thought of by the characters it does not seem to have meaning or value. They watch people die on the television but … Continue reading
Coping with death
In our last two novels, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, and Dom DeLillo’s White Noise we have encountered death throughout the books. The authors have two very different ways of dealing with death. In Blood Meridian, McCarthy’s character stare death in … Continue reading
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Life Through Hitler, Jack’s Immortality Exposed
Today in class we discussed the idea that the characters of White Noise use the “crowd effect” to feel less alone, and hence, more alive. Specifically we focused upon when Jack’s family goes to the Boy Scout Camp and didn’t … Continue reading
White Noise: Marriage and Death
“The truth is I don’t want to die first. Given the choice between loneliness and death, it would take me a fraction of a second to decide. But I don’t want to be alone either. Everything I say to Babette … Continue reading
