Category: Reflections

While watching an episode of family guy the other day, I stumbled upon this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCn7Xk_6sb8 I immediately found it’s relevancy to White Noise. Throughout the novel, we see—several times—almost this same exact scene occurring between Jack and Babette.  In the video we see Hitler and Braun almost playing a game in order to see who… Continue reading Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun

I missed last week’s post so decided to try it out for this one. I chose to do it on a party, because it was one of those things where it was so obvious that no one probably even considered it. Disclaimer: I’ve been watching too much anime, so sorry for the melodrama. It’s Friday… Continue reading loneliness and disconnectedness in White Noise

At one point in the novel, Jack says that he admires Wilder for his ability to get caught up in the sheer sensory pleasure of things, and then happily forget them in the wake of another new stimulus.  This quality of Wilder’s is one of the chief reasons that Babette and Jack turn to him… Continue reading Wilder, Mink, and the Fear of Death

On our “Socratic Walk” we briefly touched on the question if Murray was intentional in placing somewhat sinister, or what-have-you, thoughts into Jack’s head. I think that Murray is incredibly dynamic in his thought process and how he conveys them to Jack, which later makes Jack recall and ponder them in real depth. It makes… Continue reading Conversational Intentions?

This  blog is an attempt to discuss and to put across some final thoughts about the novel “White Noise” by Don DeLillo. We have discussed and explored many ideas and themes about this fiction work in great detail such as the idea that this novel “is about secret obsessions or the idea that sister Marie… Continue reading Killers or diers? White Noise

One of the most striking and most prolific themes in White Noise is the distortion of the mundane and other facets of life not normally considered mundane. The grocery list of items brought by students and parents as well as the spectacle they create at the beginning of the novel, for instance, mixes a sense… Continue reading Like sand through the hourglass, this too is mundane

Octavia Butler must have had quite a few issues arise when she began her novel that is set thirty years in the future. One of the hardest I believe she must have had to contend with was that of technology; how can you predict what technological advances will be made in thirty years? She does… Continue reading Future Technology

I really enjoyed Benjamin’s piece, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Well, maybe “enjoyed” is notthe proper word, but I got a lot out of it. Many of his points relate directly to some of the main themes in White Noise. According Benjamin, once a piece of art is reproduced, it… Continue reading Benjamin and White Noise

Shoot. My copy of the book is 45 minutes away, in a house with no internet. So taking this from memory… My favorite scene in White Noise is when Babette is on T.V. Recall that noone in the family knew this prior. Jack even wonders if Babette knew it was going to happen and failed… Continue reading last blog on white noise

The idea of death seems to be a recurring theme in White Noise. We see this theme through the characters, several of whom have a terrifying fear of death specifically, Babette and Jack. In fact, the question “who will be the first to die” occurs several times throughout the novel. Babette discusses this fear when… Continue reading Death As a Theme in White Noise

Friday night if you went to the Women’s Volleyball game, you could get a free Chipotle burrito. We decided to show up 45 minutes early to guaruntee ourselves a free dinner, which occured to the rest of the similarly informed student body as well. Sitting in the stands waiting for the game to start, the… Continue reading dull roars

When we were originally assigned this topic for our blog post I had a lot of ideas about where I wanted to go. First I thought that I wanted to go to the mall and just walk around, but then I decided that there would be too much going on and I would not be… Continue reading The Hair Salon

It’s designed to be a gradual descent underground. With grace, the walls slope downward, the escalator slowly progresses. Most opt for the left-hand side option and follow the line of people in a hurry: run down the escalator! No handrails for the hurried! I’m tempted to steady them, invade their personal space, pat the quick,… Continue reading Metro Opens Doors

Kids go out on Friday nights. There’s an idea of the promise of fun that makes the idea of standing in a pool of beer and gyrating your hips far less repulsive at midnight on a Friday night than at, say, noon on a Tuesday. It’s the idea of that promise that has me finding… Continue reading Friday night sights