Contradictions between Human Civilization and Natural Environment and White Noise by Don DeLilo

“Life...Made better”, this is promising the slogan for Dash In convenience stores. It is a promise that stopping at their store will improve your life. It is a promise that you are not lying to yourself every time you step through those glass doors. In the book White Noise by Don DeLillo, readers experience the story of this kind of lie and it’s consequences. The story follows an introspective college professor and his dealings with his fear of death. It does so against the background of a busy family life, full of colorful characters. White Noise highlights the truths of humanity in a satirical fashion, expertly weaving the American dream into the troubled psyche of the main character, Jack. White Noise reveals that the modern tools of

“Life...Made better” This is promising the slogan for Dash In convenience stores. It is a promise that stopping at their store will improve your life. It is a promise that you are not lying to yourself every time you step through those glass doors. In the book White Noise by Don Delillo, readers experience the story of this kind of lie and it’s consequences. It follows an introspective college professor and his dealings with his fear of death. It does so against the background of a busy family life, full of colorful characters. White Noise highlights the truths of humanity in a satirical fashion, expertly weaving the American dream into the troubled psyche of the main character, Jack. White Noise reveals that the modern tools of humanity are shallow protections against the reality of life and death.

Unlike most of the persuasive essays needed many “power” words to persuade readers, R. Crumb’s comic, “A Short History of America”, reflects the change of the natural, ecological landscape to urban area without using any words. Nevertheless, his drawing deeply shows us the down side of the urbanization and we human-being are destroying our indispensable nature. We are going the exact opposite direction to a better life; we are going to live in the life where we totally rely on technology and advanced, luxurious materials. Humans will never be satisfied and keep changing. However, while we’re keeping changing, have we ever asked: What are we doing to our nature?

Pollution has become a serious political issue. Humans that live among nature prevent damaging effects like pollution from occurring because nature is their habitat that they want to protect. This simple difference in lifestyle and in attitude already majorly distinguishes the two groups of humans. Ego is not the only factor in destruction, however. The lack of awareness about the consequences of destruction of nature causes destruction of nature. Well-known consequences like pollution exist, but there are some that are not as obvious. In the Indian fable “Numskull and Rabbit ”, the forest creatures describe how the lion’s murderous nature is not only ending lives, but is also preventing the birth of future lives as a result. An example of this mass destruction is evident in the second image from the movie, where cages full of jailed chickens that are hoarded like they are just objects are about to become poultry for human sustenance . Core principles of evolution state that reproduction of a species is imperative to their survival. If a species has a reduction in population, then the food chain becomes unbalanced, which can impact many species negatively. Humans who live among nature are more aware of their environment and how it impacts their lifestyles, so they are more careful in making sure that they do not injure its natural order. The destruction of nature is caused by simple

Don DeLillo's award-winning novel White Noise takes the idea of the supremacy of false images to the extreme. Through various scenarios, such as the airborne toxic event and the Dylar dilemma, DeLillo critiques contemporary society's over-dependence on false images. The characters in the novel that exemplify this over-dependence appear humorous on one hand, yet tragic on the other. The humor comes from the novel's characters behaving like cartoon characters who continually get hurt, but keep coming back for more. The novel's characters keep getting hurt by false images, yet continue to believe in them, causing the reader to smack his or her head in astonishment.

The following quote reveals the outcome and effect of modifying creations made by mother nature, “sinkholes broke out, opening in people’s backyards, full of hot steam and carbon monoxide” (Briceno); proving that modifying establishments made by nature can injure humanity. The people living in the area were killed or had their personal belongings destroyed. Also, not so long ago, Mexico suffered a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that destroyed several of people’s homes and unfortunately killed hundreds of people. Nonetheless, the author is trying to confirm that this all goes back to us to the people. We contribute to the environments global warming that leads to certain

In the decades after City of Joy was published, the world’s focus on climate change and sustainable living increased greatly. People started to look to the future and realize the actual costs of a rapidly changing world. The World Bank report called, “Turn Down the Heat” reports on new research related to climate change and alayses the impacts and risk to developing countries. Lapierre’s novel certainly does not tackle an issue like climate change explicitly, but he does show nature to have a large effect on people’s lives, and several natural disasters in the City of Joy have only increased in frequency since the book was written. Most importantly, City of Joy displays the “impacts and risks” section of the World Bank report, as the effects of climate cut deep to exacerbate many of the development problems in Anand Nagar.

Death is probably the most feared word in the English language. Its undesired uncertainty threatens society’s desire to believe that life never ends. Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise tells the bizarre story of how Jack Gladney and his family illustrate the postmodern ideas of religion, death, and popular culture. The theme of death’s influence over the character mentality, consumer lifestyle, and media manipulation is used often throughout DeLillo’s story.

Human actions do not disturb the pristineness of nature but add into the pristineness by enhancing nature. Artificial structures, such as the landfills and flood control gates aid in protection of property, but cause destruction of certain animal habitats. However, artificial structures in the Bay Area have an ecotonal relationship with nature. Building the floodgates sacrifice the habitat in place of the floodgate, but in the long term, protects more habitats. In “The Ecotone” by James Clifford, Clifford shows the university has a symbiotic relationship with nature. In “Man, the Dominant Animal” by RatCliffe, RatCliffe introduces how human actions go through a cycle of aiding and destroying peregrine life. Landfills help reduce the contamination of toxic chemicals with nature. Floodgates protect buildings against nature’s floods, which create millions of dollars in damage of trees and animal habitat. In the Bay Area, cities, such as Milpitas debate if a floodgate is more beneficial or damaging, and San Francisco debated how to remove the contamination from the rust of old war ships. In my interview with MetCalfe, MetCalfe claims that human machines help nature dispose of waste through the use of anaerobic digesters.

“The world…is crowded, not necessarily with occupants and not at all with memorable experiences, but with happenings; it is a ceaseless flow of seductive trivialities which invoke neither reflection, nor choice but instant participation.” (Oakeshott) The idea of the lacking of realness is one of the major themes carried out throughout the novel White Noise by Don DeLillo, especially through the device of the television.

The environmental catastrophes that occur in both set the stage for a continuous downfall. In White Noise, Jack’s alternative reality is portrayed as the vibrant sunsets and his big

Hermie’s words help the readers realize that this is the main cause for the demolishing of habitats. Humanizing the environments has resulted in negative climate

A huge forest with lots of trees is near. The gargantuan trees Stand tall and straight, like soldiers. But this lovely picture is just a memory. A huge fire (man-made of course) quickly spreads throughout the forest and even nearby areas, too. The smell of burning wood fills nearby areas. In the once strong forest is now factories and energy plants. The smog hovers over the land like clouds ready to storm. Cities are being built left and right, with no care for the environment. It’s new population causes noisy traffic. This is a burden to all nearby people. Overdevelopment is a huge problem that harms our environment. Many objectives and other urban plans support the clearing of land. Many harmful effects slowly kill off Earth. Solutions are much needed for this worldwide problem. But if the solutions are ignored, like they currently are, the world can change for the much worse. In 50 years from now, Earth would not be an enjoyable place. Grass nor plants would just be a memory. The only plants that exist would be electricity and water filter plants. The factories would be everywhere you look. Their smog would also take over. Smog would be the new “air” to humans around the world. In some cities that have met a polluted fate, stars are not visible any more. This might be the case for every place on Earth. It doesn't matter if you are in a small town, the only place on Earth now is cities. Traffic would be everywhere. Not one street is free from cars and trucks. The noise

What do the ozone layer and glaciers have in common? They’re both going to disappear! Funny, right? Yeah, not really. Unfortunately, it’s true. Pollution is at an all-time high and the effects are being seen everywhere: from the extinction of animals around the world to the disappearing of natural resources. Animals aren’t the only things dying because of pollution. According to Fabio Caiazzo, professor of Aviation and the Environment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, air pollution is responsible for approximately 200,000 premature deaths in the United States (Caiazzo, 198). Humans are no longer merely killing animals and the world, we are killing each other. Not only that, but we have adopted a new form of torture—taking away the one thing that makes each person an individual: the mind.

Environmental problems are something which belongs to nature or known as “Mother Earth” [13]. Nature was created to help people survive from gathering foods until build a house. This phenomenon happens continuously without thinking how much damage that nature has because human’s fault. Nature gradually becomes worse and animal’s life in danger. People who are aware of the importance of nature react. Those people do several ways to save the environment. Although these efforts can return back the environment, these efforts only can be hold temporarily. This problem happens because those people who are aware of the environment only slightly; for remaining, there are people either do not know or do not care about the nature. People’s efforts