White Noise
Beginning of paper
It is a universal and woeful reality that every living thing must die eventually. What places us, humans, apart from any animal, insect or living thing on this planet is our awareness of our inevitable demise. Death is something dreadful, no one knows when it could happen or how to gain control of ....
Middle of paper
.... in Don Delillo's , he agrees that "[at] some level everyone fears death" (p. 197) and this powerful fear can easily influence a person's behaviour and actions.
The depiction of how a man can fear death can be found in the protagonist of the novel, Jack Gladney. In the conversation between Murray and Jack in their long stroll outside the college, DeLillo suggests his views on the issue of death. "Do you think your death is premature?" Murray says. "Every death is premature" Jack answe ....
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Word count: 1686
Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
