Death Of A Salesmen
Miller, Arthur. Death of A Salesman. New York: The Penguin Group, 1976.Death of a Salesman is a play/book by Arthur Miller. It's about a man named Willy Loman. He has been traveling salesman for the Wagner Company for 34 years. Willy has some problems. As he got old he stopped selling as much as he use to when he was younger. Willy has trouble paying the bills and had to borrow money from his neighbor. He was a caring, yet a confused man, always arguing or forgetting something. Death of a Salesman takes place in New York. Willy Loman has a wife named Linda, and two sons named Biff and Happy. Willy Loman came back home after having left for New England one day. He is a traveling salesman for the Wagner Company. His wife Linda is at home, and he tells her how he hasn't been able to keep his mind on driving. He starts daydreaming, and his car just swerves off to the side of the road. He asks about their son Biff, who hasn't been home in over 14 years. He is visiting in New York, and is staying with them. Willy starts daydreaming about when Biff was a senior in high school, and was in a big football game. People were coming from all over to offer him scholarships. But something happened that year, because Biff
Death of A Salesman is a decent book. If you like a story of tragedy then you will like this book. This book really makes you think about life and what comes with it. It almost implies that if you try to do something and fail then you should kill yourself. Like saying life isn't worth living for unless you can find success. Well I kind of agree with that. There are something's that if you fail at you should give up but then there are the other things that you should give up at. was never able to find himself. Now that Biff is in New York, him and his brother Happy are trying to think of a job that Biff could get in New York. They decide that he could ask Mr. Oliver, a man Biff used to work for. He wants to ask him for a loan of ten thousand dollars, so that Biff can start his own business. When they tell their father about their plans, Willy is ecstatic. He thinks they could conquer the world. He reminds them that the most important thing in life is to be well liked and to have personal attractiveness. Willy is so happy that his two sons are going to have a business together, that he decides to go ask his boss, Howard Wagner, for a job in New York. Howard tells him there is no room for Willy in New York, and then tells him that he can no longer work in New England because he is doing harm for the company. Willy goes to an old friend to borrow money. His name is Charley. Willy tells Charley that he has been fired, and Charley offers him a job in New York. But Willy declines. Earlier, Biff had gone to see Oliver about the loan. He waited all day to speak to Oliver, and then when he finally got to see him, Oliver didn't even recognize Biff. Biff then realizes that his whole life has been a ridiculous lie. Later on, when Biff meets Happy in a restaurant, he
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Approximate Word count = 1205
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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