White Noise blog

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White Noise, by Don DeLillo is difficult to follow. I found that part II of the story was the easiest to understand and follow and that part I was the hardest and the most fractured. I am having a hard time with the book in general and find that I have to read some parts several times in order to even begin to understand. There are many characters that I do not see the purpose of even being included in the story, let alone, their unusual actions. For instance, why does the character Murray smell all the groceries in the Gladney’s basket, or the neurochemist feel the need to hide, why does the book start by describing the students being dropped off at the college with detailed descriptions of what they bring and eat; these are some parts of the story that I have a hard time understanding the significance of.

I enjoy reading most anything, yet this book has me turned around and trying to find the underlying meaning, if there is one, and confused in general. I am going to have to re-read the whole thing again in order to come to any conclusion and write a paper on it. If anyone can shed some light on the book or give me their views on it, this may help me.

This is a review of the book that I recently found that I found interesting.