patriotic American because I admire the ideas that motivated the founders to put their lives‚ fortunes‚ and sacred honor on the line. Like the founders many others have dedicated their life to fighting for this country. A sacrifice I think is one of the greatest act of patriotism. Patriotism‚ in America‚ also has its own holidays. Memorial Day‚ one of many patriotic holidays‚ is to honor those who died serving our country. It’s celebrated on the last day of May. It was first instituted to remember soldiers
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Females Portrayal In the play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ Linda depicts the author’s view of women within this time. Linda was anxious in becoming the finest "housewife”. Her nature and disposition‚ even before she enters the play‚ is one of kindness‚ love and a deep admiration for her husband Willy‚ despite his faults. She took on full responsibility for herself and family. At this point in history the typical woman was viewed as a housekeeper and nothing more. In most of Linda’s sense she
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Title: The Greatest Skating Race Author: Louise Borden Publishing Group: Margaret K. McElderry Books Copyright: 2004 Genre: Informational book about social studies Age: 9-12 Summary: In 1941 Piet‚ gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen canals of the Netherlands and across the Belgian border‚ in order to get the neighborhood children to their aunt’s house. This is where the children will remain for the duration of World War II. Their father has been imprisoned by German
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is achieving one’s true desire in the soul and mind. The saying “money equals success” is tossed around in society enormously. Essentially stating the only way to mean anything is to have wealth and possessions. Just like in the play Death of a Salesman the father‚ Willy‚ makes it known. Willy can only comprehend being a person of importance in any profession equaling success. He is always disappointed with Biff because he is not up to his
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insurance money. Even in his suicide his covetous feeling for the dream and for wealth hinders his feelings of empathy. Miller criticizes the dream as Willy hurts everyone to reach it even in death. This is the closest we get to a villian in death of a salesman as everyone is a victim of the society as of the time. However it also brings up the question that is Willy a completely innocent victim of society? Or did his own actions and wanting bring about his downfall? As unlike the other characters such
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As we read through Act One in the play of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ we can notice the recurrence of the haunting flute music‚ and how it signifies to different things at various times. We all know that the flute is an expressionist device and its music is soft and peaceful‚ but let us see what it symbolizes in this play. The flute is played five times in Act 1‚ the first time we hear it is at the beginning of the play in the stage directions‚ "A melody is heard‚ played upon a flute
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Death of a salesman themes & messages The American Dream is the main theme in the play. Willy Loman is a man who has worked all his life to live comfortably but he barely manages every day. This is a criticism to the idea of the American dream and it shows you that there is no such thing as it and that your life will turn out to be like Willy’s if the Dream isn’t achieved. Another main theme is loneliness. All of the members of the family feel lonely‚ Willy because nobody wants him‚ Biff feels
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What is your greatest weakness? I used to like to work on one project to its completion before starting on another‚ but I’ve learned to work on many projects at the same time‚ and I think it allows me to be more creative and effective in each one. What is your greatest strength? I think one of my greatest strengths is as a problem solver. I have the ability to see a situation from different perspectives and I can get my work done even in the face of difficult obstacles. I also feel that my communication
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Miller himself said‚ "I believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were [The same characteristics] which were enacted by royal beings apply to everyone in similar emotional situations." Death of a Salesman can be defined as a tragedy‚ with Willy Loman as the tragic hero. Willy Loman has a tragic flaw characteristic of all tragic heroes‚ however‚ it is not "necessarily a weakness." Willy has a lot of dignity‚ and he is unwilling "to remain passive
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My greatest fear came to me in the form of reoccurring dreams and visions that I experienced while sleeping‚ dreaming‚ meditating‚ and reading the bible. The fear was formed from several visions I experienced about the Armageddon War from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. It was very strange that my dreams and visions were a far cry from how the preacher described the Book of Revelation and the Armageddon War at church. My dreams and visions had distinct elements shared not only in Christianity
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