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Summary: IS MONEY REALLY THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
Review: Last semester I read Death Of A Salesman for my high school, Expository Composition class. At first I did not find it interesting but when I started reading at home and during my free time, I began to understand the conflict between Willy and his vision of the American dream. This it one of my favorite play because it's very realistic to life. It also gave us a good message that I think every young adult should learn; Not to be an overly materialistic person. I believe that our society is overly materialistic and that's what affects our ideas about working. Some people, like Willy Loman, live in a fragile world of elaborate excuses, adultery and daydreams. Another lesson that we could learn a good message about is from Buff Loran, the oldest son of Willy. Biff was a student, like any other young adult, but he have some school problems. He asked his Dad to talk to his teacher so he could graduate, but when he found out that the Dad was unfaithful to his wife he thought this was a good opportunity for him to drop out of school. He was angry at this father but harmed himself for life out of spite. Overall the play I believe this play help us realize that our society is more focused on materialistic things that things that really matter in life. Will thought that money was more important. So he killed himself so his family could have the insurance money. He thought that by living the insurance money to this family they were going to live well and rich, but he did not realized that his family did not care for the insurance money. The only thing they cared and wanted was their father. This teaches us all that our society have a great influences in they way we live by judging a person for want they own and for how much money they have. I think we need to understand that being a materialistic person is not bad because every body likes to have nice things, but when we go over board that's the problem because we are putting more attention to money then to other things that really matter. For example all the chillers that die of hunger and all the wars that goes around the world. So I would recommend this book to people who thing that money is everything in life to have happiness' and I also recommend this book to people that knows want is realistic and what is fantasies.
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Summary: Tragically Real
Review: I knew this play was sad, but I didn't realize how pitiable the characters were until I picked it up recently. I think what makes this an even more tragic read is that Willy Lowman is likely recognizable- in bits and pieces, anyway- in a lot of people we know. There are facets of Lowman's character that, unfortunately, most people can probably identify with, albeit on a smaller scale (I know I can): the desire to be universally liked and/or respected; the inability to face reality and therefore masking it with a cheery façade; refusal to relinquish the glory days; and the act of putting down others behind their back so as to inflate one's own self worth. Unfortunately, the combination of these ills, and a host of others, combined with a couple of prodigal sons, proved to be too much for poor Willy to handle. Willy and sons may not have been loveable characters, but they were human, and certainly oftentimes well-intentioned, and it seems they never set out to intentionally hurt anyone. Still, it is this lack of inherent evil that makes the play so thought provoking: do we hate the fact that Willy had a mistress, or condone it because he was so lonely? Was Happy just a shiftless bum who should have offered his father more support, or was he understandably destined not to achieve after having witnessed his father cheating on his mom? This is an interesting read in terms of presenting these and similar questions, and was startlingly realistic in its tone and dialogue.
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Summary: I should of read this when I was supposed to
Review: Will Loman is not the ideal of the American Dream or even every man. At best he is donotbethisman. Perhaps that is why he is named Low Man. His life is much like the scenes with young Biff when he is being asked about the behavior. He has an attitude of "What can I do ? I don't have to be any more than popular." Willy, has not pursued the basis for relationships. He has not built his relationships with customers and his friends and his employers through trust and integrity. Are we to believe that the first lie he told the young boss that he trained was the volume he did in the year 1929 ? I don't think so. Willy teaches Biff that it does not matter if he works at studying but just that he is well liked. Who in the end is well liked the frivolous or the industrious ? Not just who is materially successful but who is respected and cared for ? His family has followed his lead. His wife is right Willy is a leader. Biff he teaches to be a thief and Happy a womanizer. Why does the dinner with his sons fail ? Because Biff can't get a job because he is a thief and Happy won't stay away from the women long enough to perform familial duty. Traits they learned from their father. This play is wonderfully written. The moral of the tale is about oppression, that of weak resolution. Not only an interesting story but a great moral tale. No wonder I was supposed to read it in high school. Sadly, for me, Biff and I were out playing ball at the construction site.
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Summary: DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Review: The Death Of A Salesman The Death of a salesman is written by Arther Miller. It is about a family man who tries to do whatever he can, to bring happiness to his family. He was very good at his job, but one day since he did not want to work at a different state, his boss fired him. After getting fired from his job,everything came tumbleling down on him. His family was not the same, they would fight and never get along with eachother. When he was still working he was caught by one of his sons with a woman who wasen't his wife. This made it even worse cause his son did not respect him after that. He would treat his sons like they were still little kids which they were not, and they did not like that of him. since he didn't have a job and wanted everything back to normal,he did something he thought would be the best thing. Both of his sons always dreamt about starting there own business, so the salesman knew he had insurance money his family would get in case he died. He decided to kill himself, so his family would get the money to start there business. He was so unsatisfied with his life that he killed himself. The fact that he didn't get along with his sons was devastating to him. But before he died he had the chance to talk to one of his sons about there whole life and what was happening with them.
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Summary: review of "Death of a Salesman"
Review: Vache Manukyan Per 1 01/12/01 The Death Of A Salesman The book The Death Of A Salesmen by Arthur Miller is a very good book, because it explains what father and sons go through thought aging years. This book talks about real life situations of father and sons and what they go though after getting old. As people know kids become adults but in their parents eyes they all ways remain kids which the adults get sick of and start arguments. That's what happened in this story where Willy has two sons and he treats them like they were still his high school kids and he doesn't think of them as successful people but instead he thinks of them, as his young kids who were only successful in football. Willy was a very good salesman, which he wanted to get a better job in the city instead of going out of state but he didn't. The owner of the business didn't give him the job instead he fired him. Willy at that point felts like nothing and he was just an extra person in this world. At the same time his son Biff was going to get a loan from a long time friend, which he also didn't. The whole family was unsuccessful in the business field. This brought fight into the family and everything was going bad. Before all this his son Biff had no respect towards his father because he caught him cheating with another women. Willy, being caught by his son got very embarrassed and he didn't know what to do. After that incident the whole family changed. His other son Happy didn't say anything because he knew his dad was old and that he tried everything to make his family better. At the end Willy had a big argument with Biff and Biff cried and opened up about everything to his father, which he had never done before. That meant everything to Willy because he had never talk to his son that open. Willy wanted to give everything to his son and he gave his life for his son. He had twenty thousand dollars worth of insurance on his life and he killed himself so that his son could get that money and open a business. That was the story of the poor salesmen.
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Summary: Eugene O'Neill
Review: Recognition of O'Neill, who put the kibosh on the swan and its vocalise.
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Summary: Dark play of the unjustice of modern society & false ideals
Review: Willy Loman is a sixty-five year old salesman who has been working at a dead end job for more than thirty years. The play revolves around the ideals of friendliness and being well-liked, which are the ideals which have now become despised in the world. An incredibly dark, satirical drama able to be ranked with "An American Tragedy"
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Summary: Many meanings in a short piece of writing
Review: All I can say is wow. After reading the book twice and also and seeing the film version a few times, I realize this book is so intellectually brilliant. It says much more than what the characters say or do. Even though so much is confessed by them just speaking frankly, it is through their lies, deceptions and quirks to which the real enjoyment of the word is expressed. On the surface, the story is about a man (Willy Lowman) and his struggle to get through is life as a salesman. He is aging and losing his mind. In fact, we see that this wasn't even the line of work that he was meant for (with all the talk of him working with his hand). He must provide for his codependent wife and also have to face to sons. His life just keeps going down hill as he finds him self not needed in a world that now is run by machines. There are many interesting things on the surface such as families not communicating well and thus falling apart, but also some many ways to view every spoken word. Does Willy planting seeds some how symbolize the fact that Willy would rather go to a simpler time in life when Agriculture mattered over Industry? Does the problem Biff has with women stem more him witnessing his father's affair? Does always know what a bad father he is, or does it truly come to him later? Will Linda ever see what she really turned out like, spending all these years serving Willy's dreams out? The really amazing thing about "Death" is the fact that it squashes the impossible dream of "being well-liked" (as opposed to just being liked the way Bernard was) but does it with some compassion for the poor soul Willy. He's not bad; he's just been brainwashed by some many images. This short play asks a lot of questions about human nature and answers them well. If it was Arthur Miller's intention for tragic hero Willy Loman to become an icon, he did a great job. The word masterpiece shouldn't be taken lightly here, as this piece of Americana should be able to stand ever test of time.
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Summary: Living the American Dream
Review: Willy Loman, the main person always thinks and talks about success. He wants to be very successful and tries to make himself and his family happy, but does not succeed. People like Willy are very common in today's society. They live the American Dream; everybody wants to be successful. Willy is not satisfied with himself, because he didn't succeed in business life, well, that is how business is. That is what happened to Willy. He let it out on his wife, and his two sons, Biff and Happy. And they suffer under his pressure. He treated his wife like an object, cheated on her, and was constantly telling her to shut up. He completely ignored Happy, and he tried to make Biff into something he wasn't (which subsequently made him incredibly unhappy).At the end of the book Willy kills himself. This shows that Willy's only values in life. The book was a bit difficult to read, because the play shifts between present and past, which makes it a bit confusing.
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Summary: The American Dream on Stage
Review: Death of a Salesman is a play about the American dream. It's a story about a family who seems to be like a normal family but actually isn't. Thus it's the father, who is a salesman, who wants the family to have a good reputation. His aim is it to be well-liked. He's hard working his whole life but still doesn't get this good reputation. He wants also his two sons (Biff and Happy) to be well-liked and well-known. Linda, the mother is pretty important because she is the one who tries to be real and see things how they are. but she tries to cheer people up, thus she wants her family to be happy. She wants everybody to get along in the family while her husband doesn't really care what's happening in the family itself but he wants other people to have good thoughts about his family. The story ends dramatically
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