Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman" The play "Death of a Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman‚ a sixty- year-old salesman in the America of the 1940’s‚ who has deluded himself all his life about being a big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda‚ who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear‚ out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life‚ but there are frequent "flashbacks" in which Willy relives key events
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what exactly the key to happiness is. Does being happy consist of how much money you have‚ your age‚ or how attractive a person you are? Contrary to popular belief‚ these things do not matter much along with gender‚ having children‚ or how intelligent you are. Studies have shown that the most important things in causing happiness are love‚ marriage‚ work‚ and personality. Let’s delve further into these areas. Money does play a role in how happy a person is. However‚ it is a very small role. Think
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I was suddenly awakened in the middle of night.As I glanced around there was no one except me‚laying on an uncomfortable bed.Slowly‚I got down from my bed and tiptoed to the window.A slight of cool breeze whipped to my ears.Dead leaves rattled in the wind.There was a stony prickling silence except for the eerie sound of chilly wind howling in the air.Goosebumps sprouted on my skin all over my frail body.A sliver of moonlight glimmered through the wind‚slicing my pallid face.Slowly‚I swept my dry
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‚and last he climbed up and crept into the cave beside juana. Kino told jauna to “keep quiet and they won’t find us‚” Juana nodded to show approval. Night began to fall and Kino heard footsteps‚ Kino peered out of the cave and saw the trackers huddled around the small pool. Kino crawled back into the cave. For hours kino did not hear anything‚ after a while he peered out to see the three trackers‚ two asleep and the other keeping watch with the rifle in his hand. Kino pulled himself back into the
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“Dittany‚ murtlap‚ Silver Polish…” Kadrea muttered under her breath. She planted her heels into the uneven road as she walked‚ holding her head up and keeping her gaze in front of her. She had learned at least one thing in the past few years; if you act like you have nothing to hide‚ then people often assume that you don’t. She had seen far too many others followed after sneaking around in plain sight. She didn’t think about how she had never seen some of those people again later. “Mint‚ flour
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Kerplunk! A rain drop slipped from the crack in the ceiling and fell onto Bart’s forehead. He heard the school children whooping outside his window and Gus shuffling around at the foot of the bed. It was time for the day to begin. Bart wondered what he would see today. He walked carefully down the creaky wooden steps‚ grasping the handrail tightly. The scent of fresh biscuts drifted into the kitchen; Bart felt his stomach rumble. He hoped Mrs. Gilliard saved a few for him. He grabbed
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2:47am Taking in a deep breath she turned her head to the sky again‚ stars littered the sky like splattered pain on a canvas and the moon shun brightly against the dark contrast of the night‚ how was it that she always found herself in the forest at night? It seemed as though it wasn’t only hours before had she been lounging around Fangtasia‚ listening to Ginger as she talked about this and that‚ and to Jessica as she complained about not having the experience of a real vampire. She had become
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They both watched as a giant cube of energy exploded from the capsules and severed the Hollow’s arm. Naoko blinked and tore her attention away from the beast and to her bracelet. A simple silver chain encircled her thin wrist and swinging from it was small silver cross with a pair of crescent moons pointing outward. She held her arm out and tried to focus on drawing reishi particles in to her hand like Uryu had taught her. But his teachings were proving to have been for naught because Naoko could
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“Don’t just stand there‚ you piece of rejected scrap. Get inside and please dispense with the gun!” Bulldozer obeyed. He threw the cannon into the dust cloud‚ killing off a few of the Matgars in the process and‚ with a leap‚ threw himself inside. “Right‚ let’s go!” Sidebottom called out. “Sidebottom!” O’Donnell called out. “I’ll fly the ship this time!” “Not on your life!” Sidebottom roared back. “I’m enjoying this!” “It’s our lives you’re enjoying it with!” O’Donnell exclaimed. “Now
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He’s been in there for four hours!" I screamed‚ banging my hands against the door. I was tired of standing out here‚ especially with whatever he was doing‚ and I wanted answers of some kind by now. "I told you he’s like this‚" John said‚ rolling his eyes‚ though he was annoyed too. "I swear if he doesn’t open the door this second I will break this door down and barge in there myself." I fumed. "He’s not usually like this‚ though‚" John muttered. "What do you mean?" I asked. John took in a deep
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