called Nyodene D. His exposure to this was about two minutes, which is enough to put him at risk of dying prematurely from exposure. For a man afraid of death this is a catastrophe. In a nice neat book we may imagine that being brought face to face with his fear that Jack may now find an inner peace and a way of resolving the fear. But this is not a neat book, despite its high quality writing and controversial issues it remains untidy, just as life is and as such it is not to be that this incident give jack a renewed purpose of life or understanding of death. Instead he now looks for the definitive answer regarding the damage that this drug has done to his health. His fear is not alleviated by the responses he gets from doctors, as he never gets a straightforward answer, only more tests. These tests take place with the use of modern technological machines. The reliance on man to use machine to lengthen life is already known, but it is facts not longevity that Jack is looking for. Ironically some of the machines themselves spew radiation that can be lethal in high enough doses. Just as Babette is at risk due to a trial drug that she is using to alleviate her fear so is Jack from the machine which are being used to assess his health and attempt to diminish his fear by using the more intrusive machines which put out amounts of radiation.Babette's use of the media also brings home to use the attention that Jack must also pay the media regarding the attention he must have seen given the evidence in the media. This in theory may make him feel less strange about the process of dying, yet he still is afraid, and perhaps by carrying on chasing the doctors for facts rather than opinions he is responding to what he has seen in the media and eliminating the fears through action the only way he knows how. The amount of attention paid to the media is demonstrated in many small insignificant ways " I heard the TV say: 'Let's sit half lotus and think ...
