I read the first part of the play Death of a Salesman. The play begins on a Monday evening at the Loman family home in Brooklyn. Willy, a sixty-three-year-old traveling salesman, returns home early from a trip, apparently exhausted. His wife Linda is worried about him and asked if he has been in an accident since he was in one once before. Linda begs him to ask his employer, Howard Wagner, for a non-traveling job in New York City since she is worried about him. Willy’s two adult sons, Biff and Happy, are visiting. Willy thinks that Biff is lazy and not a hard worker. Willy talks to himself and hallucinates. Willy is in search of the American dream, which he thinks is about having a lot of money. He thinks the only way to make it in life is to be well like by many people.
My personal reaction to this reading was that Willy has all his priorities wrong and life should not be all about how much money you have but rather how many people you love and love you back.
I think the author's intent was to show what Americans perceive the American dream to be and why many people are unhappy. The organizational pattern that I observed was chronological order.
This is a very interesting book. The title seems to fit too. The American dream to many people is money, but there are many other things that are important like your family and making a difference in your life. You are so right many people just think about the money in their goals. This seems to be something that is interesting to read.
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Boogy Virtual University
This book seems very interesting. This book makes me want to read it. I like reading books that are related to history, and this one seems to be one that I would read if I had to do a project on this would be my first choice.
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Tiger Tiffany
This book sounds very interesting. That is so true about how people shouldn't just think about the material things in life, they should focus on the more important things.
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This really does sound interesting, even for a play! I must agree with your point about Willy having all of his priorities mixed up. Life should be able the amazing memories you have, not about all the money you possess. Great Work!!!
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This book was a great read. i read it last year for class and i really enjoyed learning about the American dream. Even though he dies in the end it was still a good book.
ReplyDeleteMan the book sounds very interesting. I think its primarily true that people shouldn't care about the big things in life but just what is important. I'd read this book any day.
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