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Willy Death Of A Salesman
Willy spent his life trying to be liked and trying to be the number one salesman. He dreamed Biff would be big and important one day. As the reality set in he couldn’t maintain his sales goals and his boys were just two faces in the crowd. Willy is suffering from a dying spirit and is not coping well. Willy saw his dreams fall to grace and began to realize he needed to doing something drastic to keep his dreams alive.
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