person of history; by committing this intellectual fraud, he denies the reality of death in life and, therefore, suffers more from death anxiety. Although the central characters in DeLillo's novel see "death" from different angles and often contradictory points of view, what their attitudes and approaches have in common is that they are all appalled by the idea of ​​death. Eventually, the anguish of death invaded their daily lives. For Jack, death is an inescapable horror that becomes even more horrific because of its uncertainty, as he wonders "Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious? What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It is a trembling, anxious thing” (DeLillo 79). Unlike Jack, Heinrich, the fourteen-year-old boy, accepts death as it is. He perceives death, from an impartial point of view, as an inevitable reality. For him, since Death is the inevitable fate of life, the tendency to accept it as it is can minimize the anxiety and terror that is often linked to it. In contrast to the attitude of all these characters towards death, Winnie Richard, the neuroscientist, believes that since death is the inevitable and final destruction of everything, it can be taken as the only stimulus to add some meaning to life. Although death is the sudden end of human life, this inevitable end can provide human life with hope to proceed further. DeLillo's characterization technique is often synonymous with the representation of the theme of death anxiety in the life of modern man. In the novel, DeLillo attempts to demonstrate that modern life relentlessly tries to hide death from people's sight behind its magnanimity and decorum. This theme is best articulated in the characterizations of Jack and his......middle of paper......h; but his belief proves useless. Contrary to his proposal about Hitler, all the characters are driven by the fear of death in case of airborne toxicity. In fact, Jack's perception of death is different from that of others. Although different characters view death from different points of view and perspectives, their reactions to impending death are natural. DeLillo also made another attempt to see death from a different perspective. He argues that modern life makes a continuous effort to keep the anguish of death as far away as possible. The lives of modern men are organized in such a way as to keep them unaware of death anxiety by involving them with objects of artificial entertainment. Yet the fear of death in human life is so great that it keeps resurfacing in the daily activities of human being and continuously feels the human mind with terror and anguish..