White Noise

Supplemental Discussion Questions (useful for review quiz, etc.):

How does Jack Gladney deal with the airborne toxic event? Through his eyes, what are some themes of humanity that you can extrapolate of this second part of the novel?

Connected to the above questions, there is a focus on community and crowds within this second section. What can we say about the socialization happening in part 2?

With serious reflection, how is this novel and its commentary relevant to our current times (2009)? To answer this, you'll have to also discuss the novel's commentary and which character's or parts of the plot, setting, exposition the commentary is coming from.

Rumors and misinformation have been been key points within the plot. Within the novel, how is "knowledge" spread and what are some of the results of such communication of ideas?