4/15/20 Initial reflection

Don Dellilo focuses on the loss of direction in America in the post modern times. He criticizes politics and authority through his writing. I deeply connected with “White Noise” in a strange way. I do not necessarily have a fear of death to the extent that Jack does, but given those circumstances I could understand why he would. What I do understand is having a fear to the extent that Jack does; having a fear that will not let go of you and that constantly exists like noise. Fear truly is like noise. The setting of this story almost paralleled America today. I drew a lot of comparisons to how people are responding to the “airborne toxic event” to the different approaches of the people around me to the Carona virus. Some, like Jack’s wife are holding strong for other people and not letting it show that they are truly scared themselves, releasing this fear privately and in their own means. Others, like Jack seem to only exist in this perpetual abyss of thought pattern that they are going to die and so are the people around them. Some people I know are responding like Heinrich, endlessly analyzing and being skeptical of reality. He seems to constantly be on top of his father.