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Short Answer
1. In a world of easy access to information, why are people unable to agree on basic facts?
Teaching Suggestion: This question will engage the students with one of the main ideas in the novel—the inability to pin down reality using facts, language, and observations. Time and time again, characters disagree on how to assess the reality they perceive—or think they are perceiving—creating a helplessness that is bewildering and freeing at the same time. In White Noise, reality seems to change depending on the media that characters interact with and the language they use to discuss it. This discussion connects to the theme of The Ubiquity of Mass Media.
2. Pretend you are a young American in the year 1985.
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