White Noise Discussin Response.

` Does the fact that the children at the elementary school are evacuated due to their “headaches and eye irritations, tasting metals in their mouths” foreshadow that an overall greater event is about to happen? Simply yes it does. It is common knowledge due to the various horror movies that the public watches that when something is evacuated, especially an elementary school, it is never a good sign. If I had no idea what the rest of the novel entails I would guess that a dangerous zombie outbreak is about to happen. Unfortunately that isn’t true. We would never read a book that awesome in school…. 

Quarter Rose: Why would any mother in their right mind force their children to spend their Friday night free-time watching television that upsetted them?
I agree that it is extremely odd for a mother to force their kids to do that. In the greater spectrum it makes sense in a way. Perhaps the mother wanted to introduce their kids and harden them up to the world. I believe that there is a much greater foreshadowing in this event similar to the first question. The first twenty or so chapters so far have seem to be pure introduction for characters and foreshadowing for the later events of the novel. It is evident that something major will happen at some point. Excellent question though. It is the same as how some history classes are required to watch videos on the Holocaust and other great catastrophes in the world. It is just extremely odd that a mother would do such a thing.

Describe the contrast of Murray's thrill of white packaging and keen obsession with smell. -Whatcha No Bout Me?

Murray thrill associated with white packaging and his smell is simply because he is a very simple man. He just enjoys the simple things in life. It is very satirical that he can point out different kinds of food just because of their smell. I believe that this unique ability could possibly become useful in the event of the inevitable disaster that we all know will take place in the novel. Overall Murray is an extremely interesting character who has a lot of potential to perhaps save a group from starvation with his sense of smell.