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Book Review By Jack Goodstein
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Willy Lowman, the central character in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is unsuccessful at his job, although he likes to lie to himself and others about how well he has done in the past. His two sons Biff and Happy are very much like him--unsuccessful and living in a dream world. They invite Willy for a big dinner and then run off with two women leaving him alone. Willy learns that he will be fired from his job. Feeling unloved and unwanted, Willy looks for some way out.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Life of a profession:
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Son
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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