This \u00a0blog is an attempt to discuss and to put across some final thoughts about the novel \u201cWhite Noise\u201d 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 \u201cis about secret obsessions or the idea that sister Marie is an evil character in the novel\u201d. Regarding the comment of the evil character one of our class mates responded that it is \u201cthe symbol of disconnection for not feeling the human emotion.\u201d Indeed we discussed great ideas and the eternal debate of the human soul. I feel that there are many interesting topics or great lines in the novel that we did not talk about due to time issues.<\/p>\n
In this blog I would like to write about Don DeLillo\u2019s notebooks from the list of possible titles that in the end he titled it White Noise. We already explored and discussed what the significance of the title is, but I think is very interesting that the Art of dying or a Guide to dying is handwritten in the list. They are not circled probably because of obvious reasons. After all one of the main topics of his novel is about death. On chapter 37 Jack and Murray took a \u201cSocratic walk\u201d where they engage in a series of deep conversations about dying:\u201dI believe, Jack, there are two kinds of people in the world. Killers and diers. Most of us are diers. We don\u2019t have the disposition, the rage or whatever it takes to be a killer\u201d (277), said Murray. I think this philosophical conversation between the two major characters in the novel stand as an illustration or the connective idea that how the novel as a whole is about the \u201cart of dying or a guide to dying.\u201d These possible titles effectively contribute to the creation of Jack\u2019s and Murray\u2019s characters or how each one of them perceived death. For Murray, \u201cmost of us are diers\u201d. \u201cWe let death happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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