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Death of a Salesman1 misc5

SuccessNo one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner orlater. The ways in which people deal with these personal conflicts can differ as much asthe people themselves. Some insist on ignoring the problem as long as possible, whilesome attack the problem to get it out of the way.The book Death of a Salesman, is written by Arthur Miller. It takes place atWilly Lomans - A 63 year old once popular salesman whos lost his popularity and sales,not to mention his mind, small house in New York surrounded by apartments.Biff, a thirty-four year old son of Willy who has been searching for himself while workingon farms in the west to the dismay of his father, returns from the west to visit his familyalthough he doesnt know how long hes going to stay. Happy, the younger brother of Biffwho tries in all he can to please his father and attempts to continue his fathers dream afterhe dies, is glad to see him, but Willy seems strangely irritated. Willy has a flashbacks timeto time. Biff and Happy were promising high school students. Charley, a father who isfairly successful and offers Willy a job which Willy refuses on the basis of pride, comes toWillys house at night complaining of not being able to sleep. Charley and Willy playcards, but at the same time, Willy hold a conversation with his imaginary brother. Charleyhas no idea whats going on and leaves. Linda tells Biff that Willy has attempted suicide bycrashing the car several times. Willy comes out of his reverie and speaks with his familyabout their jobs. Happy has an idea of starting a line of sporting goods so Biff decides togo to Bill Oliver to ask to borrow money. Willy decides to go to Howard the next day toask if he can work in New York so that he wouldnt have to drive 700 miles to work.. Thenext day Willy goes to Howard and Biff goes to see Oliver. They decide to celebrate theirsuccess by going out for dinner at night. Biff confronts Willy about his suicide...

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