Abstract
This research looks at Don DeLillo’s White Noise through the lens of eco-criticism. Though the primary text spends much of its efforts commentating on the effects of consumerism in regards to 1980’s America, I also understand its contextual positioning as a means to add additional layers of exigency. By answering questions akin to how culture effects environments, the role of humans as the invasive species, and the concept of establishing the primal order of a new food chain, it becomes clear that DeLillo’s commentary on death’s inevitability may be responding to more than just disillusionment. Instead, I believe this research highlights the potential parallels between ever-changing social values and the roles they play in shaping environmental ones.