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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"(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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