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White Noise

“White Noise”, written by Don Delillo, is a black comedy which introduces readers to the theme of technology, and it’s impact on man. In the text Delillo explores the supposed triumphs of man in the field of technology, with the consequence that man not only becomes ruled by the very thing he creates, but also with the impact that man uses technology to fill emotional voids, to the extent where technology now manufactures man.
The text is set in the middle of the technological revolution in the middle of the eighties, nicknamed the “me” generation, and Delillo explores the lives and pursuits of man in terms of technology in a rather satirical way.
The first instance in which Delillo explores his views on man as a manufactured item, as well as their emotional commitment to manufactured items and technology is evident during a procession which Jack’s character calls “The Day of the Station Wagons”, (pg.5).

“This assembly of station wagons, as much as anyt...

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