BOOK REVIEW: "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"

REVIEW “DEATH OF A SALESMAN”

BY PILAR COTRINA SALAZAR



I have read “Death of a salesman” by Arthur Miller and although I admit that it is a very well written play and undoubtedly a classic one, I don’t like the atmosphere and the plot of this play. The book transmitted the desperation of a man who is a failure and is constantly tormented not only by his very bleak future, facing being fired, but he is also obsessed with a moment in his past; the moment when his own beloved elder son found out he had a lover, which resulted in losing all respect for him as a father. This became a turning point in the story.



Life is sad enough and this is a very blue drama to read. We can see as the main character thinks that he is worth more death than alive- a very dark thought, indeed.