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    Don DeLillo

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    of Don DeLillo "It’s my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work. When you try to unravel something you’ve written‚ you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery‚ in part." --Don DeLillo‚ from the 1979 interview with Tom LeClair There are a number of books and essays which are devoted to analysis of Don Delillo’s writing. This page concentrates on the books only (for the most part)‚ with most recent on top. The best online bibliography of DeLillo literary

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    Falling Man Delillo

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    them into the World Trade Centres in New York City resulting in deaths of over 3‚000 innocent people (9/11). The aftermath and the coping of the citizens of New York City set as the backdrop of the novel‚ Falling Man written by Don DeLillo. As a native New Yorker‚ DeLillo has made references to the World Trade Centres in his previously written novels such as Americana‚ Player‚ Mao II‚ and Underworld (Conte 562). Falling Man introduces the reader to the family of Keith Glenn‚ a survivor of the World

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    to look at something you always wondered how it looks like when that happens. Don DeLillo well described postmodernism through his writing “Videotape”. His word choices and criticizing how the technology takes role in the society and the mixture between innocence and brutality shows postmodernism in this story. As you read the story‚ you will realize his usage of certain words such as “you” and “forever”. Don DeLillo constantly used the word “you” and never used

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    as evidenced by consumerism in the books Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and White Noise by Don DeLillo‚ gives a false sense of security to the protagonists of the two books thereby blurring the reality they are in and destroying them in the end. *** Don deLillo’s White Noise: Postmodern elements Most postmodern books have been published after World War II. First published in 1984‚ White Noise by Don deLillo explores the emergence of technology‚ popular culture‚ and media in the eyes of Jack Gladney

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    Videodrome Movie Analysis

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    people could not fall asleep without the company of the television. The anxiety slowly rises as with the amount of television people were watching. This anxiety continued to grow as media technology advances. The society then begins to affiliate with videotape‚ videocassette‚ VCR‚ and etc. It almost got to the point when people would never seem to leave the house again. This movie well reflects the social anxiety of the time. After Max watches the footage of actual torture and murder‚ he began to see

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    that the author’s purpose of writing Videotape was to show us the impact that media has on society. Media is a huge part of our lives. Music‚ video games‚ tv show‚ etc. are all having an effect on our lives and on who we are as a person. Don DeLillo tells us the impact that media has on our society through fictional narrative through historical context‚ cultural environment‚ and by involving the reader in the story as a character. The historical context in Videotape was based off of the John F. Kennedy

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    gym, summer work

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    Module 11 Checklist: 2 Lifetime Skills Projects (5% of Final Grade) Objectives: To research two lifetime individual sports or activities and break down the components of teaching and participating each sport or activity. Student To Do List Read the document "Module Checklist" (hint: you are here - it might be helpful to print this page!) To begin‚ you will need to select two (2) lifetime activities. You will need to select three (3) skills that you wish to learn and demonstrate for

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    Delillo The Names Summary

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    DeLillo writes about a variety of fiction themes. These themes range from magic or dread‚ consumerism‚ global capitalism‚ terrorism‚ mystery or enlightenment‚ language as imprisonment or freedom‚ and conspiracy theories. DeLillo’s either/or approach to theme agrees with writer Mark Osteen’s debate that DeLillo both agrees and disagrees with post-modern culture. DeLillo believes that “writing is a concentrated form of thinking”. DeLillo states that writing should be convenient and done

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    Paul Auster

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    2008‚ “Spellbound”‚ The New York Review of Books‚ December 4‚ 2008‚ (March 3‚ Evans D. H. 2006‚ “Taking Out the Trash. Don DeLillo’s Underworld‚ Liquid Modernity‚ and the End of Garbage”‚ The Cambridge Quarterly‚ 35.2‚ pp Gleason P.‚ 2002‚ “Don DeLillo‚ T.S. Eliot‚ and the Redemption of America’s Atomic Waste Land”‚ in Dewey - Kellman - Malin (eds.)‚ Underwords Gray R.‚ 2009‚ “Open Doors‚ Closed Minds. American Prose Writing at a Time of Crisis”‚ American Literary History‚ 21.1.‚ pp Hassan I.‚ 2003

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    Sex Lies and Videotapes

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    “Sex‚ lies and videotapes” is an excellent movie that portrays the conflict between four characters regarding sex issues. It was made by Stephen Soderbergh in 1989. The core of the movie is when Ann (one of the protagonist) realizes that her husband was cheating on her with her sister (Cynthia). Even though she is a victim‚ Ann is a fetishist‚ since she desires sex in her unconscioness. The first element is the energy that she is posses through out the movie. Second‚ the way she denies sex as a prohibit

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