White Noise

by

Don DeLillo

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Winnie Richards Character Analysis

A colleague of Jack’s at the College-on-the-hill. Winnie is a relatively young neuro-chemist whom everybody on campus regards as brilliant, an assessment that makes her sheepish and reclusive. When Jack finds Babette’s stash of Dylar, he tracks down Winnie, who is hard to find because of her wish to slink around unnoticed. When Winnie first analyzes the pill, her tests are inconclusive regarding Dylar’s purpose, but she later finds and shares a scholarly article with Jack that outlines not only the drug’s intended use, but also the controversial story of Willie Mink and his anonymous test subject, whom Jack knows to be Babette.

Winnie Richards Quotes in White Noise

The White Noise quotes below are all either spoken by Winnie Richards or refer to Winnie Richards. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fear, Death, and Control Theme Icon
).
Chapter 30 Quotes

[…] I think it’s a mistake to lose one’s sense of death, even one’s fear of death. Isn’t death the boundary we need? Doesn’t it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything you do in this life would have beauty and meaning without the knowledge you carry of a final line, a border or limit.

Related Characters: Winnie Richards (speaker), Jack Gladney
Page Number: 217
Explanation and Analysis:
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Winnie Richards Quotes in White Noise

The White Noise quotes below are all either spoken by Winnie Richards or refer to Winnie Richards. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fear, Death, and Control Theme Icon
).
Chapter 30 Quotes

[…] I think it’s a mistake to lose one’s sense of death, even one’s fear of death. Isn’t death the boundary we need? Doesn’t it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything you do in this life would have beauty and meaning without the knowledge you carry of a final line, a border or limit.

Related Characters: Winnie Richards (speaker), Jack Gladney
Page Number: 217
Explanation and Analysis: