Post #10 Critical Essays of White Noise

In Tom LeClair’s, Closing The Loop:  White Noise, at first his review was very confusing to me, more confusing that White Noise itself.  LeClair begins his review with all sorts of comparisons to many of DeLillo’s other works.  I do not fully understand the necessity of these multiple comparisons.  He then goes on to summarize the story.  He tells us of the family dynamics and setting of the story in part 1.  Then he tells us of the horrifying toxic event and its multiple affects in part 2.  And, finally he tells us about Jack and Babette’s fear of death and all of the weird things that transpire because of this major fear.

While I found White Noise to be a little twisted and difficult to follow at times; I must say that I found LeClair’s review of it even more confusing and difficult to read.  At least the first few paragraphs, after that I mostly found his review to be enlightening.  He pointed out specifics that I hadn’t given much thought to before.  LeClair speaks of the story’s reductiveness, irony and loops to mention a few.  Anyway, a lot for me to take in and attempt to figure out.

Citation:

Delillo, Don. White Noise, Text And Criticism. New York, NY: Penguin Group USA, 1998. Print.

LeClair, Tom. Closing the Loop:  White Noise. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 1986. 387-411. Print.