White Noise by Don Delillo explores the emotional struggles of a man and his love/hate relationship with technology in 20th century America. The novel is set in Blacksmith, a small college town with a college known as College-on-the-hill. Jack Gladney, the narrator and main character, is known as "a tall, aging, inoffensive, indistinct fellow" (83). He is an accomplished family man, a professor at College-on-the-hill, a husband who wants to please his wife, someone who fights against the fear of dying. From technology to modern society, Delillo created the character of Jack to show the impact of media on our families and society. White Noise gives us a glimpse into the life of Jack Gladney, showing readers that there is a Jack in every family, and maybe a little bit of everyone. Jack is a professor at Blacksmith's College-on-the-hill, teaching Hitler Studies, a field of education he created, in part because of his disturbing obsession with the man himself. Adding to Jack's obsession, "the school chancellor felt that, in order for his students to take him seriously, he suggested that Jack become Hitler - changing parts of his identity and changing his name from Jack Gladney to J.A.K. Gladney.” (16-17). Of course, that was only when Jack was teaching, at home he was himself, a family man. Unfortunately, the majority of people can relate to Jack's personal life in today's society. Jack was married three times before marrying Babette - who herself was previously married, has a daughter, Denise, from her previous marriage, and Wilder is Jack's son. Unlike Jack's previous wives, Tweedy Bonner- who is the mother of Jack's daughter Bee and who worked in intelligence, Dana Breedlove- who... middle of paper ...... Jack found l he hotel, and he found Mink, the man Babette was involved with and the man who gave her this experimental drug for the deadly disorder. Jack found a paranoid man, a man who sits for hours in front of the TV with White Noise. Jack realized this person was crazy. (308-314) Even though the novel was filled with many negatives, Delillo added some positives that Jack had with technology. Jack went to confirm the amount of money in his account, instead of going to the bank, where he would have to bother with queues and children running around. Jack felt a sense of relief when the ATM confirmed his amount. He said: “The system was invisible, which makes it all the more impressive, all the more worrying to deal with.” But we agreed, at least for now. Networks, circuits, streams, harmonies. (46)