ore sweeping". (Delillo 64) The family enjoys watching such events, even children. Pop-culture uses these horrific ideas because it sells and it is what people want to see. The problem with this notion is that there never seems to be a limit. Every year things get a little more gruesome. It has transformed the apocalypse into nothing more than "edge of the seat" entertainment. People grow more and more immune to the ideas of death because of what is seen every day.
             Even young viewers have a strong grasp of the apocalyptic theme. Like The Terminator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a portrayal of heroism in times of the apocalypse. Buffy fights vampires and other demons, and many times these fights result in death. When a hero portrays death or "the end" in a heroic manner, then the child sees it as acceptable and honorable. Death is an idea accepted at a young age because pop-culture makes society believe it is almost preventable and somewhat glamorous. It is hard for young people to envision the end as something glamorous at first, but after seeing it over and over within their lifetime, it is easily accepted. People that were not exposed to death at a young age tend to have a harder time accepting death as they grow older. White Noise displays this young-age acceptance and old age fear of acceptance. The children are obsessed with death just like the parents, but they seem to have a different grasp than their parents. Jack's and
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