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White Noise
Don DeLillo
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part I: Waves and Radiation, Chapters 1–5
Chapters 6–8
Chapters 9–11
Chapters 12–14
Chapters 15–18
Chapters 19–20
Part II: “The Airborne Toxic Event”
Part III: Dylarama, Chapters 22–25
Chapters 26–28
Chapters 29–32
Chapters 33–35
Chapters 36–38
Chapters 39–40
Characters
Character List
Jack Gladney
Babette
Murray Jay Siskind
Willie Mink
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Part 1: Waves and Radiation, Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-8
Chapters 9-11
Chapters 12-14
Chapters 15-18
Chapters 19-20
Part 2: "The Airborne Toxic Event"
Part 3: Dylarama, Chapters 22-25
Chapters 26-28
Chapters 29-32
Chapters 33-35
Chapters 36-38
Chapters 39-40
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
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How to Write Literary Analysis
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Further Study
Character List Quiz
1
of 5
What obsessive fear does Jack Gladney take from news media and product packaging?
Fear of looking unattractive
Fear of dying
Fear of seeming uninformed
Fear of robbers
2
of 5
What does Babette experience more and more as her Dylar treatment progresses?
Fear of dying
Flashbacks
Memory lapses
Discontentment with married life
3
of 5
What name does Willie Mink, the Dylar project manager, go by for most of the novel?
Captain Kink
Mr. Gray
John Doe
Ishmael
4
of 5
What's the name of Jack's awkward, analytical fourteen-year-old son?
Martin
Hermann
Goebbels
Heinrich
5
of 5
Which of Jack's children never speaks?
Steffie
Bee
Heinrich
Wilder
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