ving toward a postmodern mentality.One of DeLillo's refrains (leitmotifs even) that still haunts me is the question of "who will die first?"--Jack speaking of himself or his wife: who will leave the other to die last? to die alone? It's as if Jack is more afraid of this that he is the idea of his own death.Thesis: Jack Gladney's obsession with death illustrates the postmodern attitude that many Americans hold. Furthermore, his world is surrounded with tabloids and a national media that feeds on destroying lives. This feeling of instant gratification along with over consumption, fills the Gladney household with a warped sense on middle class values. As a hole, they can not handle their emotions and have difficulty thinking for themselves. The Gladney family represents the typical dysfunctional family of the post-1970's era. Join me as I browse through the postmodern novel, White Noise. Http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~mcnicholas/E309-Spring98/assign3/Lerner/wnmain.htmJack and Babette has an unbelievable obsession with death and their thoughts haunt their minds to an unhealthy style of living. "What if death is nothing but sound? Electrical Noise. You hear it forever. Sound all around. How Awful. Uniform, white (198.)" But I feel that the description above represents life in a postmodern world more realistically. Not death. 'The drug specifically interacts with neurotransmitters in the brain that are related to the fear of death (200.)" Babette describes the effect of her Dylar medication. The obsession with death virtually runs every aspect of Mr. & Mrs. Gladney's lives. The majority of grown adults have a basic fear of death but usually came to peace with themselves over time. However, Jack and Babette are looking for an instant solution 24-hours-a-day. Instead of facing reality, they create an alternative lifestyle and remain plagued in a spiral of depression. "A person has to be told he is going to die before he can live life to the fulles...
