In the play Death of a Salesman, the author, Arthur Miller illustrates the struggle of most American husbands of the forties. In the midst of everything that is happening around the world with the Great Depression of the 1930s, Willy Loman's character struggles to support and maintain his wife and their home by paying the mortgage for more than twenty years. Although Miller doesn't specify what Willy is selling, we can assume that Miller implies that we should connect with this play, regardless of the time frame from 1949 to the present. Hundreds of people lose their jobs every day and, since the industries are cheap, they will try to find every possible way to avoid having to pay a big check to pensioners every month. This leads to another recognizable topic that is emphasized in this play. When Willy confronts his boss Howard by exclaiming “You can't eat the orange and throw away the peel: a man is not a fruit” (Miller 326) we are able to recognize the cause of Willy's breakdown. To better understand the reasoning behind Willy w.'s anger and frustration...