Prompt: What do these texts suggest to you about the forces that inhibit or encourage an individual’s actions? The American Dream is a driving factor in creating success out of the efforts of one’s life.[…]
Tag: Willy Loman
The Illusory World of Willy Loman
Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals respond to the conflict between illusion and reality? Through the character Willy Loman, author Arthur Miller suggests that individuals will immerse themselves in[…]
Biff Loman – The Final Sale
‘Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped[…]
Dream-Like Responsibility – Polished Critical
[…] the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others (June 2010) Responsibility is inarguably the quintessential factor behind the creation of one’s ideals because it is through one’s illusions that they[…]
The American Nightmare
Note: I’d like to preface the essay just to show some gratitude for Megan, Siddharth, and Claire for teaching us and for inspiring much of what I have written about in the essay.On the Friday before[…]