History in John Delillo's "White Noise"

For anyone who has read this book,

My professor asked me what the category of history means in "White Noise", but I am kind of struggling with it. It seems that history is used to give comfort to the thought of death, such as how Jack studies Hitler as a person whose he considers "greater than death" in hopes that he too can be like Hitler. Am I missing anything else? Like maybe another example of where History is used to comfort death? Thanks

A lot of people ask school questions about books they haven't read but I don't think you have even looked at the cover.

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Originally Posted by Bustrofedon

A lot of people ask school questions about books they haven't read but I don't think you have even looked at the cover.

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:-) :-) :-)

considering it's "white noise" and history I'd look to radio history in particular b/c white (Caucasian) noise comes from radios.


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