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Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel, White Noise, examines one family and their overwhelming obsession with death as well as their unique ways of dealing with everyday life. The novel is divided into three parts: Waves and Radiation, The Airborne Toxic Event and Dylarama. The novel is one of the most hilarious pieces I have ever encountered. The absurdly comic occurs at the least expected moment making it all the more powerful—and amusing. Each section has it’s own focus, these are important to the coherency of the whole. “Waves and radiation…I’ve come to understand that the medium [tv] is a primal force in the American home. Sealed-off, self-contained, self-referring. It’s like a myth being born right here in our living room…(51)” Waves and radiation sets the stage for the rest of the novel but focuses intently on the hilarity of the mundane, of factoids and of misinformation. The majority of the dialog in this section revolves around cataloguing the trite items of everyday life and the beautifully incoherent and incorrect language of the family. We also begin to see the importance of symbols and signs in our post-modern world. The characters of this novel live in a simulacrum.
Approximate Word count = 755
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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