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End Zone is a 1972 novel by Don DeLillo, his second published book, set at fictional Logos College in West Texas. The novel uses the rituals and language of American football as a framework through which to examine broader themes of systems, violence, and nuclear annihilation. The protagonist, running back Gary Harkness, becomes increasingly fixated on the relationship between athletic competition and existential catastrophe. The novel is an early example of DeLillo's engagement with language, mass culture, and apocalyptic themes.

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Where does Don DeLillo's End Zone take place?

End Zone is set at the fictional Logos College in West Texas. The college's football culture provides the setting for the narrator's thoughts about systems, violence, and destruction.

How does football function in End Zone?

Football supplies the novel's rituals, vocabulary, drills, and competitive structure. Don DeLillo uses that language to examine how organized violence can resemble military planning and nuclear strategy.

What is End Zone about besides college football?

The novel is also concerned with nuclear annihilation, isolation, and the human attraction to systems of destruction. The football field becomes a framework for exploring those larger fears.

When was End Zone published?

End Zone was published in 1972. It was Don DeLillo's second published book and came before many of the large-scale historical and political novels for which he later became known.

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