Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. As a whole, the novel is surrounded by a cloud of mystery, and many readers wonder if the secretive nature of Elster's character is the portrayal of a real man, and perhaps this is a government conspiracy. The novel received positive reviews, but many readers do not completely understand its structure. A haiku, confined to only a short amount of syllables, simply would not be enough to chronicle all of the negative effects that war has on people. Elster thinks that the government wants him to make a haiku to describe war, but he thinks this is impossible to do. The novel is confusingly structured in the form of a haiku, the lines describing what happens in the novel. In fact, she can read lips, knowing what someone is about to say before they actually say it. Jessie is Elster's daughter he loves her very much and tells Jim how very intelligent she is. The film isn't mentioned much more throughout the novel after Jessie comes into the scene. Elster reluctantly agrees-as if he had a choice to begin with. However, Jim Finley is a man on a mission, and wants to make a film out of Elster living in the middle of nowhere. Overall, however, the job of Elster was to come up with a rock solid plan for launching and maintaining wars.Īfter that is over with, Elster lives in the desert-the middle of nowhere.

Practically with no idea of what is going on, he learns that what happened is top secret and cannot be completely shared with anyone else, even the reader. Richard Elster, 73 years of age, intelligent, and an avid outdoorsman, is called into a war government meeting. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

He currently lives outside of New York City.Īmong the most influential American writers of the past decades, DeLillo has received, among author awards, a National Book Award ( White Noise, 1985), a PEN/Faulkner Award ( Mao II, 1991), and an American Book Award ( Underworld, 1998).ĭeLillo's sixteenth novel, Point Omega, was published in February, 2010.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Don DeLillo is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. DeLillo's sixteenth novel, Point Omega, was published in February, 2010. Among the most influential American writers of the past decades, DeLillo has received, among author awards, a National Book Award ( White Noise, 1985), a PEN/Faulkner Award ( Mao II, 1991), and an American Book Award ( Underworld, 1998). He currently lives outside of New York City.

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