White Noise | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Jack Gladney or J.A.K. Gladney - The main character and narrator throughout the novel, this character is a college professor at the College-on-the-Hill and the head of the Hitler department.

Babette Gladney - This character reads to the blind and teaches classes in Posture.

Heinrich Gladney - This character plays chess with a convicted killer.

Murray Jay Siskind - This character is a visiting professor at the College-on-the-Hill and is interested in the academic study of Elvis.

Denise - This character is the person who first confronts another character about her Dylar use.