{"id":384,"date":"2009-09-26T19:42:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T23:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/?p=384"},"modified":"2009-09-26T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T23:42:26","slug":"similarities-and-differences-between-the-beginnings-of-white-noise-and-lucifers-hammerw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/archives\/384","title":{"rendered":"Similarities and Differences Between the Beginnings of White Noise and Lucifer’s HammerW"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many similarities and differences within the introductions of Don DeLillo’s White Noise<\/em>\u00a0and Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>. \u00a0While both are novels about some sort of disaster, they take a very different approach when introducing their characters and setting the scenes for the stories. \u00a0Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>\u00a0had several main characters that are rapidly introduced from the very first page of the book, whereas in White Noise<\/em>\u00a0we are eased into the life of the main character and narrator and slowly introduced to the other prominent characters. For me, this gave White Noise<\/em>\u00a0a much more personal feel, as though I was getting to know the characters on a deeper level. \u00a0I also think that the main character acting as the narrator gives White Noise<\/em>\u00a0a different feel than Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>, in which there is no true main character.<\/p>\n

One main difference that I noticed between the two novels was their portrayal of women. \u00a0I felt that in Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>\u00a0the women were portrayed as being attached to the men, constantly feeding off of them for status, particularly at the party at the Sutters’ home in the introduction of the novel. \u00a0The women in Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>, for the most part, are displayed clingy and obsessed with status, whereas in White Noise<\/em>\u00a0they are portrayed very differently. \u00a0We are immediately introduced to Jack’s wife, Babette, as someone who is independent, strong and unique. \u00a0Even more so, we get the sense that Jack loves her and needs her, something we do not get often from the men in Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>. \u00a0Even the children in White Noise<\/em>\u00a0are portrayed as individuals with very strong opinions who are constantly challenging their parents, never afraid to share their opinion. \u00a0It seems that there is a theme of dependency in Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>, whereas in White Noise<\/em>\u00a0there may be a theme of independency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many similarities and differences within the introductions of Don DeLillo’s White Noise\u00a0and Lucifer’s Hammer. \u00a0While both are novels about some sort of disaster, they take a very different approach when introducing their characters and setting the scenes for the stories. \u00a0Lucifer’s Hammer\u00a0had several main characters that are rapidly introduced from the very first… Continue reading Similarities and Differences Between the Beginnings of White Noise and Lucifer’s HammerW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}