Every individual at one time or another has faced the severity of what it is to fear death. Every day, people wonder when their time to pass on will come or how the event will happen. In Don Delillo’s White Noise, Jack Gladney is a married family man who not only fears his own death, but also the death of his beloved wife, Babette. Jack’s personal fear of his own death not only affects his life, but has a tendency to rule it. Throughout this novel Jack’s fear begins to expand and as a result begins to change his character completely.
Jack’s fear of death from the beginning of the novel is “who will die first?” (15). He continuously considers the outcome of what would happen should Babette die before him or vice versa. At this time the extremity
Jack’s fear of death from the beginning of the novel is “who will die first?” (15). He continuously considers the outcome of what would happen should Babette die before him or vice versa. At this time the extremity