In conclusion, Don DeLillo shows the human fear of death on almost every page of his book, White Noise. Jack Gladney uses his Hitler studies as a protective strategy to attempt to escape his constant thoughts of death. He tryies to convince himself that the bigger someone is, the less they have to worry about dying. Jack also denies the pssiblitity that the billowing cloud could harm his family. He uses another strategy to convince himself he is portected from death by saying nothing would happen to him as long as he was a college professor. After a while, Jack Gladney realizes that these strategies are futile and begins to feel helpless when he realizes his own mortality. These protective stategies from the fear of death Don DeLillo shows