Miller's work on “Death of a Salesman” is an example of work that promotes social protest involving totalitarianism and the American dream. Throughout the piece, Miller uses his voice of conscience and passion for the purpose of exposing the truth about concepts. Using the perspective of Willy, a fictional working-class citizen, Miller analyzes the myth of the American Dream, exploring topics such as abandonment, betrayal, family dynamics, and using interesting symbolism along the way. With reckless abandon, Willy believes in the idea of the American dream. In fact, that's a bit of an understatement. Willy is a dreamer, one who keeps chasing until it's too late. In “13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?”, William Strauss explores and explains the misconception of the baby boom generations. Throughout, she describes the forces that shaped her into a responsive generation. It highlights recessions and the possibility of failure of our social security systems that cause a less fortunate retirement situation for that generation, and it does so with trends in culture, statistics from sociological studies and census data. It really lays a solid foundation for understanding the paradigm the generation has gone through. It is used well in the context of Miller's Death of a Salesman due to the insight offered involving the political and social economy behind the myth of the American dream. The kind of dream that promises to offer a successful, materialistic lifestyle to those who are honest, hard-working citizens. Looking a little deeper, one might find it strange to attempt a fusion of the very different concepts of Willy's life expectancies. His charm and perhaps... the middle of paper... his perspective, Biff perhaps feels as if he has been betrayed since his father had constantly tried to sell him a hopeful lifestyle of the American dream, only to discover that it was all made up of lies. Works Cited Strauss, William. 13th Generation: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? Np: Vintage, 1993. Researcher CQ. Network. 7 December 2011.Bowles, Samuel. Unequal opportunities: Family background and economic success. Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press, 2005. Page No. Princeton University Press. QC Researcher. Network. December 7, 2011. Shipler, David K. The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Np: Knopf, 2004. N. pag. Princeton University Press. Princeton.edu. Network. December 7, 2011.Cox, Michael W. and Richard Alm. Myths of rich and poor: why we are better off than we think. Np: Basic Books, 1999. Page no. Press.
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