Don DeLillo's White Noise is a science fiction novel that deals with this phenomenon as it relates to a particular American family. ... There are various scenes throughout the novel White Noise in which Don DeLillo makes it obvious that the characters are "feeding off of" consumerism and technology... This place recharges us spiritually, it prepares us, it's a gateway or a pathway" (DeLillo 37). ... Don DeLillo's novel is a clever work with a humorous undertone that explores contemporary American society. ... By using a drug, DeLillo makes the connection for the reader obvious...

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Using his short story "Videotape," Don Delillo argues that the high availability of technology and its effects on society are possible causations of the current increase of violence in the media and in the public's interest in this violence. ... However, it is not the details of the murder that carry Delillo's argument; rather it is the reaction of the narrator. Delillo says "There isn't such a difference between violence and popular culture - they are blended together, mutual. ... The tape is superreal, or maybe underreal is the way you want to put it" (Delillo). ... (Deli...

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WHITE NOISE by Don Delillo One particularly unfortunate trait of modern society is our futile attempt to use technology to immunize ourselves against the fear of death. The failure of technology in this regard is the general subject of Don Delillo's book White Noise. ... In this essay I will examine Delillo's portrayal of technology and its role in our society. The title of Delillo's book, White Noise, reminds one of an electronic static of the sort encountered on television when a station goes off the air. ... Delillo's analysis implies, then, that s...

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In White Noise, the author, Don Delillo agrees that at some level, everyone fears death. ... DeLillo tries to explain that man is afraid of his impending demise. ... DeLillo cleverly clarifies his stance on the fear of death by constructing the character of Orest Mercator. ... Orest is an example DeLillo uses to explain that an act of challenging the Grim Reaper is just foolish. ... DeLillo, through this novel, is trying to send a message to his readers that facing death is the best solution to its fear. ...

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"Who will die first (Delillo 15)?" Driven by the fear of death, Don Delillo's White Noise strategically attempts to uncover the underlining notion of death relating to all aspects of popular culture. ... Although these questions have been raised in a variety of scholarly debates, Don Delillo has managed to create a novel where the plot, theme, and conflict all revolve around the central fear of death. ... But she never eats it (Delillo 7)." ... There is a distinct parallel between Delillo's White Noise and popular culture. ...

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As astute social artist, writer Don DeLillo and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick were both highly sentient of this fear and reflected upon it in their works, Pafko at the Wall and Dr. ... "He speaks in your voice, American," and it was this that that "makes history"(DeLillo 11). ... Idolizing all that is good and American, DeLillo communicated his consideration of Nuclear War. Contrastingly, Kubrick's sardonic views are far from DeLillo's sincerity. ... DeLillo's, on the other hand, translates his own worries though heavy, morbid implications. ...

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"(3) In Don DeLillo's Libra a story is told. ... DeLillo has created a fictitious story out of the events related to the assignation of John F. ... Throughout the novel DeLillo tries to put us into the mind of Oswald. ... This is why DeLillo's Oswald committed the act. ... In the end Delillo paints a complex but understandable picture of Oswald. ...

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When we received Don DeLillo's White Noise, if pages falling out of the book and paper turning yellow from the constant abuse by students over the years did not hint to you that this book was old, then the fact that it was published 1985 certainly seemed to prove that our "contemporary studies" have gone off track. ... However, today the movie is so old many people can fail to pick up Don DeLillo's reference. ... Don DeLillo goes into all the different stages of death. ... Being that it was written in 1985, Don DeLillo's novel White Noise was something way ahead of i...

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In Don Delillo's book, White Noise, he confronts this awareness and the effects that it has on the daily lives of a typical American family. Delillo easily constructs a scene where the Gladney family is gathered in front of the television set watching the evening news. ... We had never before been so attentive to our duty, our Friday assembly- -Stephie, brought close to tears by a sitcom husband arguing with his wife, appeared totally absorbed in these documentary clips of calamity and death- (Delillo 64). ... This undertaking is questioned in Delillo's White Noise when Jack asks, "W...

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When thinking about the iconic figure, there are certain names that immediately spring to mind, John Lennon, Che Guevara, Elvis to name but a few, although the figure who seems to have had the biggest impact, especially in American culture is JFK, who is often looked upon as a Marta by American people. There are many suggested reasons why this is the case, the fact that he died while in presidency and the world famous footage of the assassination, the fact that his presidency was seen as "The Camelot" period, and the American people were genuinely happy with the presidency of the time, it coul...

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• Grade Level: Graduate