In this column, choose five quotations from the text, one focusing on each of the following literary elements: In this column, analyze the significance of your quotations. Allow the following questions to guide your responses: Why is this important? What does this reveal? Why does the author say it this way? What is the tone/mood of this passage?
Theme "Can you imagine that magnificence with twenty thousand dollars in his pocket?" This line is important because Willy is saying it to Ben. Billy is trying to convince Wily to come with him to the after life but all Willy wants to do is become a great hit. This can show the reader how denial is implemented in the text. Willy solved …show more content…
In the greatest country in the world a young man with such—personal attractiveness, gets lost. And such a hard worker. There’s one thing about Biff— he’s not lazy.” This quote is very important because it is one of the first lines that shows the reader what kind of character Willy really is. By the quote, you could tell that Willy believes in hard work and how that’s the only way one could become successful. The author uses a confident and strong tone to show that Willy knows what he is talking about, or at least he thinks he does.
Setting
"The street is lined with cars. There's not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. The grass don't grow any more, you can't raise a carrot in the backyard. They should've had a law against apartment houses.”
This quote doesn’t only show where the setting is, but how Willy feels about the place itself. It’s obvious that Willy isn’t content living there and wishes that they could live somewhere else. Willy seems to be really distraught by the fact that he is not able to move. The author wrote it like that to show his annoyance with the over-population of New York. This quote gives off a very angry and negative tone in order to show that Willy is very discontent because of the place he lives