White Noise Discussion Questions

1. Why does DeLillo use long, extensive lists with uncommon items to describe the college students and their arrival?

3. Does the title "Gladney's Hitler" make Jack seem important on the campus or unessential?

5. How is Murray different than Jack based on dialog?

7. What is the importance of the reappearing question "who will die first"?

9. Why is the school evacuation played off as not too serious? There is little discussion of it... why?

11. How do Babette's memory problems help to characterize her?