The central conflict between Jack and Babette Gladney is basically the
struggle for control and also the struggle for who is more afraid of death.
Jack Gladney throughout the whole novel tries to think that he knows his wife
Babette he tries to control her thoughts by saying she is supposed to act a
certain way. Jack wants to be the one afraid of death and at the same time wants
to get rid of his fear.
In the story Jack confronts Babette about the medicine she is taking, he wants
to know what it is and why she is taking it. He tells her that if she doesn't
tell him the reasons that Denise will. Jack is very understanding and tells her
to take her time telling him. Babette tells him that Gray Research was
conducting human
experiments on fear and then decided not to conduct them on humans but on
computers. She told Jack how she made a deal with "Mr. Gray" and in exchange to
continue with the experiment with Dylar (the drug) she would give him her body.
Jacks reaction......

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Title: White Noise
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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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