White Noise by DeLillo Don

White Noise

DeLillo Don

Death scares everybody . It evens out all human differences . The poorest man is equal with the richest being when it comes to death . Everybody tries to get away from it . No matter what technological advances there are , no matter how advanced a society is , the fear of death lurks around in every corner of each person 's mind . Why do people dream ? Why do people have hope ? It 's because they look at the coming days and years to come . They have hope and they dream for their

future to be better Nobody wants the good even the bad things in life to end . People work hard for those

After having 4 unsuccessful marriages , Jack Gladney finally settled with Babette together with her children (Jack 's stepchildren . At the same time , his career in the field of Hitler Studies is also at its peak . With all these accomplishments from a rocky history , there came a chemical spill over their place . Because of this incident , Jack has no choice but to face the scary issue of death . The happy image that his family has in his mind turned out to be just a bubble when he found out that Babette (his wife ) has been cheating on him in to have access to the drug (known as Dylar ) that cures the fear of death since she is facing the same problem with death

Jack accepted Babette together with her children whole heartedly . By accepting each other 's past , it is apparent that they both love each other . They care about what is important for the other and vice versa Their relationship to each other is like the typical husband and wife that we see everyday . And it should be put on note that both of them are also among the usual human beings that we see . Humans that have pride ambitions and worldly wants . They actually mirror the typical characters of humans

Reality bites . Fear of death is as powerful as the feeling of love Just like what happened to Jack and Babette . As much as they want to preserve their loyalty to each other , the urges to fight for their own lives and to be liberated from fear of death are stronger . In this case Babette started to cheat on Jack for the drug . And Jack , in the end wasn 't able to contain his fear and started to seek his own supply of the drug . Why did these things happen to their family ? The answer is simple , nobody wants to die . It is lovely to have a happy family but once you think of death , you realize that you will lose everything that you have including all your dreams and hope

The loyalty between Jack and Babette should not be questioned . Although they started to cheat from each other because of their personal needs people should understand that it is human nature . Humans have the tendency to be selfish and conditional when it comes to...