Humanizing the JFK Assassination
In class yesterday, we watched the real (or at least what we think is the real) footage of JFK's assassination. It was interesting to see the actual assassination after DeLillo describes it in 22 November, because I felt that he really matched it up precisely. First off, it struck me how silent the video was. Of course it had to be silent, but it wasn't like a silent movie in which you can make out the sounds, or imagine what is being said and the action taking place. It was just silent in itself, and I thought that DeLillo's way of describing the scene was silently somber as well. It was the peak of the book, yet it wasn't what we would expect. The language wasn't extremely violent, just matter of fact. DeLillo's writing and the video reminded me of the movie scenes where they make the epic moments silent and slow motion. It doesn't dull the events at all, but actually intensifies the action as if there was something haunted about it. DeLillo also does a...