In Whitman's poem A Song, he states, "I will plant a company as thick as trees along all the rivers of America" ​​(6-7 ). DeLillo reflects this when he talks about him and his family being together, even though they never actually say anything. There are two examples of this, the first is the Friday night TV tradition and the second is when the whole family goes out and eats fried chicken in the car. They stand together, silently communicating each other's needs and desires. Although Whitman's sense of unity fits into a much larger pattern, both understand its fundamental necessity