whitenoise

**The White Noise by: Don Delillo**

**WEEK 1**
**Meeting Reveiw** This weeks meeting was the first week of our Whit noise book club meet. Kim was in charge of food but due to a mix up both Alecia and Kim brought in snacks. Alecia brought fruit snacks, chips, and rice crispy treats while Kim brought chips and Gatorades. Our group spent most of our time trying to find out what was really going on it such a confusing book. We spent the rest of our class time answering group questions and begging Mr. Morone to change our book. Overall it was a successful meeting other than still having the same book.

**Discussion Question**
The main character of White Noise is Jack Gladney. He is interesting because he created the entire Hitler Studies program. He is a professor who created the entire Hitler Studies that is wide spread throughout America and is married to his fourth wife Babette. We are drawn to Jack because he is intelligent and a good family man. At this point we don’t dislike any characters because we haven’t go to know their personalities well enough yet. -Alecia Christiano __**5  Open- Ended Questions: **__ 1.Who is Bebette and how does she relate to the story? -She is Jack's fourth wife. 2. Do you think Jack and Babette have a good relationship? Why or why not? -Yes because they like to make each other happy. 3.Who was your favorite child and why? - Stephanie, because she likes burnt toast. 4.What is the most confusing part in this book so far? -The way it goes back and forth between different things. 5.Why do you think the book is called //The White Noise//? Gas exploded and people could not see anything so it was like the white gas and the noise of scared people. -Alyssa Brignola

__**5 Open-Ended Questions:**__  1. Who is Babette? Babette is Jack's wife and a main character in this story. 2. What is happening in the first chapter of the book? The first chapter describes people moving into college and shows all the material things people have. 3. Who does Babette read to?Why? Babette reads to Jack because she wants to make him happy and his happiness makes her happy. 4. Why is Tommy Roy Foster in jail? Tommy Roy Foster is in jail because the voices in his head told him to kill complete strangers so he would be remembered. 5. Why do they keep saying, "Who will die first?" Jack and Babette keep asking who will die first because they are worried and obsessed with the fact of who will die first. -Aubrey Postolakis

**WEEK 2**
Group Question This book is defiantly not an easy on to read. This book is also not conventional. It not conventional because of the unusual family and unusual jobs. This book doesn’t use words that are hard to understand but it is difficult to read because the story line is hard to follow. This grade level in my opinion should be collage because of the difficulty to follow the story line. -Corinne Weir 5 Open-Ended Questions : 1. Why do you think Wilder was crying We think Wilder was crying because he was hurt. 2. Do you think there was a reason that Bee was with her step-father instead of Jack? We think that Bee was with her step-father instead of Jack because she doesn't like to live with a lot of siblings or maybe she just likes him better because he is nice. 3. What kind of problems does Tweedy have with her marriage? She doesn't like that he is always traveling so he is never around. 4. By the way Jacks and Tweedy were talking, do you think they have a close relationship? Why or why not? Yes we think they have a good relationship because they were trusting each other with their problems but they are obviously not as close to each other as they were when they were married. 5. Has this section cleared up the book. Why or why not? The story is getting a little better but it is still really really confusing because there are a lot of characters and it keeps skipping around to different parts of the story. - Alecia Christiano

5 Open-Ended Questions: 1. Why is Jack's family so uncomfortable around Bee? -Because he admires her, but at the same time feels threatened. 2. Do you think Bee would rather live with her step dad or living with Jack? - Step dad because she doesn't feel comfortable around Jack. 3. Did you find this seciton of the reading interesting? -Yes, but it was very confusing. 4.What character does the book revolve around the most and why? -Jack, because the story is told from his perspective. 5. From this character who is your favorite and why? -Tweety, because her names cool. -Kim Pfeifer

This week's meeting review was very productive. Aubrey brought in Iced Tea, Oreo's (DOUBLE STUFFED) and Salt and Vinegar chips. We also talked about where Bee was coming from and why she was there and we talked about the relationship Jack and Tweety now have. We discussed where Indonesia was located, because we didnt know where it was.
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= Week 3 = __5 Open-Ended Questions:__ 1. What do you think caused the train car to de derailed? We think that the driver derailed the train car because of his ignorance, like he was just not paying attention. 2. Why do you think Jack didn’t want to acknowledge that the chemical in the air was very dangerous? We don’t think Jack wanted to acknowledge this because he was to scared to face the truth. He didn’t want to believe that it was actually happening. 3. Do you think that something like this toxic cloud could happen in real life? We think there is a possibility of anything but it is not very likely because we take so many preventative measures to stop anything drastic like this from happening. 4. Do you think there could have been anything to prevent something so drastic from happening? I don’t think that anything during the time they lived could have prevented it because they were not as technologically inclined like we are today. 5. What do you think Jack means by “the seed of death”? We think that by “the seed of death” Jack means that the toxins have infected him and they are going to get him sick soon. - Alecia Christiano

__Meeting Review__ Today during our meeting review, Alyssa brought honey wheat pretzels and sunflower chips with lemon-lime gatarade. We talked about how no one understands the book and tried to piece some information from the little that we read but overall everyones interest failed. As much as we dislike reading this, we still had a fun meeting review with the food that Alyssa brought eating our food, and the food Alyssa stole from Bobby's group..the bagels tasted weird but we ate them anyways. -Kim Pfeifer

5 Questions Why do you think the police decided to use a physic to to help find the Trentwells? and why do you think they were found where they were.

What do you think the real rivalry is between Jack and Murry is really about?

How would you would describe Alfanzo Stamponato?

How would you decribe the relationship between Jack and his daughter Bee?

Why do you think Jack acts calm when he learns about the toxin in the air? -Corinne Weir

Discussion Question In the book “White Noise”, the overriding emotion is fear. It is fear because Jack and Babette constantly wonder who will die first and the whole town fears of what will happen when the toxic cloud gets closer. Jack and Babette constantly ask each other, “Who will die first.” They are both fascinated and terrified of the concept of who will die first. Babette knows that she wants to die first, but Jack is not sure when he does. To add to the normal everyday fear a giant toxic cloud is heading straight towards them. The whole town is not sure what to do or where to go at this point. -Aubrey Postolakis

__5 Questions:__ ** 1.) What does Babette mean when she says, “that Dylar was her mistake and she won’t let it become his mistake as well.” to Jack. Babette probably means that she regrets that she ever started taking Dylar and getting involved with Mr Gray. She also does not want Jack to get sucked into this too and she wants Jack to live longer than herself. 2.) Why is the two most important things to Babette that Jack does not die first and that Wilder stays the way he is forever?
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Babette wants herself to die before Jack because she does not want to be left behind. She also wants Wilder to stay the same and that when he grows up he will not change. 3.) Why does Babette’s father give Jack a loaded gun? Babette’s father gives Jack a loaded gun so he can protect and do anything necessary for him to protect his family. 4.) Why does Jack keep throwing away a lot of his material things? Jack keeps throwing a lot of his material things because he likes the way he can get rid of all these material things so easily. 5.) Who is Willie Mink? Willie Mink is really Mr. Gray, who is the man that gave Babette the Dylar. Jack also believes that he was at one point involved with Babette. -Aubrey Postolakis __**Discussion Question: **__
 * The big toxic fumes cloud represents fear and caution because it's toxic and makes you die. It represented caution because they all, as a community went to the YMCA gym and escaped the fear. They couldn't escape the fear, because it was inside of them. "The only thing to fear is fear itself." This quote really ties into the story.**

** Open Ended Questions: **
1) Who is Mr. Gray? -Mr. Gray is a character in the story that is also known as Willie Minks. 2) What is Dylar? -A creation made by Mr. Gray, that Jack is jealous of and wishes to own it. 3) At this point in the story, who leads the most interesting role and why? -Jack, because he's involved and the story is told from his perspective. 4)Is the reading in this book difficult for you to read? Why or why not? -Yes its difficult for us to read, because the book has a very confusing plot. 5)Why did we give up reading this book? -We gave up reading this book, because the type of book didn't peek any of our interests so therefore when we tried reading it we were confused as to what was going on and gave up. -Kim Pfeifer

Summary: Today Corinne brought in Doritos, popcorn and ice tea. They were pretty awesome snacks We all discussed how confusing the book was and some reasons that we all kind of gave up on reading the book. Alyssa got us all to do the discussion question with her even thought it was harder then it should have been. We also had a discussion with Mr. Morone how hard math is and what his favorite book was. Towards the end of our meeting, and the best part of the meeting was when we found out that for our next book club we could pick what ever book that we wanted which all made us super excited!

-Alecia Christiano

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-The book overall, was very confusing. My group and I came to the conclusion that this book was a waste of our time, and it did not change our lives or views on things what so ever. For this marking period, my group and I gave up on the book half way through, and read some pages here and there but found nothing interesting about it. Overall, we don't suggest this book for kids our age, its plot was way to advanced and will not interest students. -Kim Pfeifer
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Meeting Review: It was our final book club for the third marking period and we all just finished reading the book “White Noise”. So this week we discussed the ending and of the book and if it affected us. Then we came to the conclusion that none of us really enjoyed or understood the book and lost interest halfway through. So we tried to discuss the parts of the book that we read and from reading spark notes. As we discussed we had bagels and cream cheese, thin mints, and water that Alecia brought in. -Aubrey Postolakis

5 Questions: 1. Did you like the book? No we all thought it sucked. 2. Did the book touch you in any way? Absolutely not. 3. Would you read another book by Don Delillo? No, probably not. 4. Did you like the ending? No, we thought it was some what weird. 5. Did you get anything out of reading this book? Not really, it was very confusing. -Alyssa Brignola

__** 5 Questions: **__ 1.) Why was this book so difficult to read? This book is difficult to read because every paragraph was like a new chapter, so it was very hard to follow. 2.) What was the most challenging section? The beginning of the book was the most challenging section because it had no plot. 3.)Would you read a book by this author again? No, because I did not like the way the author wrote. 4.)Was this book a good choice? Why? This book was not a good choice because it was not very interesting and lost the attention of me and my group very quickly. 5.) What about the beginning of this book made you want to stop reading it? The fact that the beginning of the book had no plot made my group and I want to stop reading the book. -Corinne Weir