CLOSING THE LOOP: WHITE NOISE ~ Tom LeClair
Tom LeClair provides a great summary and background to "White Noise". LeClairs heading 'closing the loop" is very fitting, he closes the loop of the book by informing more clarity on what, where and why. In the beginning he is comparing it to other books that are out and how the plot very much so follows them so that it fits in with whats popular to the readers eye to get viewing and awards. He than goes into depth on analyzing the book itself. The book becomes a disaster novel due to the chemical cloud, protecting their children they are in denial to the threat. Later only to be exposed to the chemical threat due to their lack of acceptance and preparation. Leading to a long fearful life of "death". He lets it be known by many examples how Jack is an over thinker. In the end Leclair says " Whitne Noise DeLillo collects the familiar sounds of American culture and universal fear;" (411) and how it is written with irony and exaggeration.
I enjoyed reading this article overall. At times I found myself confused for he was jumping back and fourth in the beginning. However it brought me more clarity of White Noise. I agree with LeClair that this book is exaggerated on related life issues. For that is what grabs attention of the population.
DeLillo, Don. White Noise.
New York: Penguin, 1998. Print.
I also read this article and got a lot of the same things out of it. I also found his talking about DeLillo's travels to be interesting as well.
ReplyDeleteHello Deanna,
ReplyDeleteI read this article as well and felt that it helped me understand more about the White Noise that I truly did not get. I also felt the same way when it came to how DeClair was jumping around at the beginning of his article. I really liked your summary of the article and felt that it covered most of what the article was about!
Deanna,
ReplyDeleteTom LeClair summarized "White Noise" perfectly. He gave all of us a better understanding which will help us with our paper that is due in a few weeks. I am glad Professor Cline had us read the articles. Without them Im not sure how well any of us would be doing with "White Noise". I like that you included a photo when one was not needed. Great job!
Molly Carpenter