One part of White Noise that I thoroughly enjoyed was the idea presented by Jack that all plots move deathward. This, combined with the Jack and Babette’s notion that death might be nothing more than perpetual white noise, presents an interesting paradox. While plots may move deathward, Jack and Babette’s unceasing fear of death is… Continue reading Death avoided leads to life voided.
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Codes and Messages
Spaces resonate with “psychic data” in White Noise. As Murray tells Jack, “Everything is concealed in symbolism, hidden by veils of mystery and layers of cultural material” (37). The psychic data is everywhere, but is it intelligible? In the midst of a busy supermarket, Jack Gladney imagines that there exists “over it all, or under… Continue reading Codes and Messages