Jack Gladney

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Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."

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Jack Gladney canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel protagonist
age middle-aged
appearsInWork White Noise
associatedWithTheme consumer culture
family life
media saturation
mortality
centralConflict coping with fear of death and modern anxieties
concern environmental disaster
fear of death
createdBy Don DeLillo
employer College-on-the-Hill
fieldOfStudy Hitler studies
firstAppearance White Noise (1985 novel)
founderOf Hitler studies (fictional academic field)
gender male
hasAlias J. A. K. Gladney
hasChild Denise
Heinrich
Steffie
Wilder
hasTrait anxious
introspective
neurotic
involvedIn Airborne Toxic Event
surface form: Airborne Toxic Event (fictional disaster in White Noise)
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod postmodern literature
literaryRole unreliable narrator
maritalStatus married
medium novel
narrativePerspective first-person
narratorOf White Noise
nationality American (fictional)
occupation academic
college professor
relationshipToHitler scholarly, not ideological (within the fiction)
selfPerception fraudulent academic authority
setting Blacksmith, a midwestern American town (fictional)
specialization Adolf Hitler
spouse Babette Gladney
teachesAt College-on-the-Hill
wears dark academic robes to enhance authority

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White Noise mainCharacter Jack Gladney
Babette Gladney spouse Jack Gladney
Heinrich Gladney hasRelative Jack Gladney
Steffie Gladney hasFather Jack Gladney
Steffie Gladney hasParent Jack Gladney
Airborne Toxic Event threatens Jack Gladney
Denise Gladney hasFather Jack Gladney
Denise Gladney isDaughterOf Jack Gladney