t(285.)" Under normal circumstances I find this true. However, in White Noise that only becomes a reality in the last chapter. After Mr. Gray's shooting, Jack begins an evolution towards a more feasible reality. Babette finally concludes that 'it may not matter how strong or weak Dylar is. If I think it will help me, it will help me(251.)' We are seeing the placebo effect of mediation. As a reader, I infer that the Gladney household will come to respect the healthy days they have now instead of dwelling on what will not exist in the future. In the last chapter, I would introduce that Jack has had a catharsis and come of of his bubble of troubles. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~mcnicholas/E309-Spring98/assign3/Lerner/fear.htmx"Everything we need that is not food or love is here in the tabloid racks. The tales of the supernatural and the extraterrestrial. The miracle vitamins, the cures for cancer, the remedies for obesity. The cults of the famous and the dead." (326)y8...
