Death of a Salesman B.R.

Death of a Salesman
Book Review

The book that I have finished reading was called Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. This book was mainly about a salesman named Willy Loman, who is struggling to maintain his career. The story is just a build up of how exactly he becomes crazy and eventually dies by his own hand. Other characters in the book are Happy and Biff, which are his two sons, and his wife Linda. She cannot face the fact that her husband is slowly becoming more and more insane as the story progresses.

One main theme in the story could be seeing Willy Loman as the victim, even though it is his own fault that he is going crazy. This could be called by forcefully making his wife not work and him being the only source of income in the household. Another reason could be that he does not want to let his sons leave and work outside of the house, as they could be competition and take over, as Willy sees it. He feels the need to be the one working for his family and especially for his sons, who are almost old enough to leave home.

I think that this book is written well. Arthur miller describes exactly how Willy is feeling in the moment. Since it is written in flashbacks, it gets a little bit confusing because it goes from one year to fifteen years ago so you don’t know exactly when it changes or when something is happening at the moment. This is how the book is based around. This is good reading because it adds a lot of suspense and you know what’s happening in his past. This is a book I do recommend.