White Noise First Reading Discussion Questions

Chapter 1: Why do people seem to like Hitler so much?

Chapter 3: Are Murray's statement that "[n]o one sees the barn," the barn being the "most photographed barn in America, and his comments that follow up on this statement meant to be comical or actually somehow philosophical?

Chapter 5: Is Murray in love with Babette?

Chapter 7: Why does Jack say "[w]e believed something lived in the basement" and then not follow this statement with a discussion about it?

Chapter 9: Why does Babette refuse to bring her kids and Jack's kids to dinner at Murray's when he says to do so?

Chapter 11: What does Jack mean when he says "I woke in the grip of a death sweat?"