Literary Critique

I Title- The System and the American Dream

Author- Craig M. Garrison

II. Source- Website

III. Summary- Craig Garrison’s thesis is "in Arthur Miller's moving and powerful play, "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and failure within the system". He describes each of the characters by their successes and failures. He explains that most of the Loman family did not live up to their potential. He uses Linda because she has a fixed point of affection both given and received. He uses Biff because he never had the ability to hold down a job very long due to his inability to take orders.

IV. Evaluation-

Garrison’s essay is explaining to us that American society can have a positive effect on the characters or negative effect on the characters in “Death of a Salesman”. It is seen in his thesis statement "in Arthur Miller's moving and powerful play, "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and failure within the system”. He proves this thesis very well with his essay.

Garrison’s thesis "in Arthur Miller's moving and powerful play, "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and failure within the system". Throughout the play Miller uses many examples to show failures and success. Willy Loman is an example of failures because he can never seem to get anything right. He keeps on believing in the wrong things when the right things to do are right in front of him the whole time. Many people point it out to him but he chooses to ignore them. Willy had many chances in America but he refused to be wrong he wanted his way to be right. An example of success is Willy’s brother Ben. Ben used the American system and became rich. He followed his dreams and never stopped. He never let anything get in his way of