White noise and Happy Endings

Margret Atwood's Happy Endings made the point that all plots end the same; we all die. The important question is how and why we die. The question in White Noise that is posed various times is when Jack or Babette will die. In this short story, we see that yes Babette cheats on Jack just as his other wifes did to him. Atwood would praise this because these small plots within this story relate to everyday life. This is reality. Actually, I like White Noise for the simple reason that it is so unpredictable and that's life, you never no what's going to happen and then in a blink of an eye its all over.