So I'm reading the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. We were supposed to read the whole first act, and since my play only has TWO acts, it was like reading half the book!

Anyways, here's the quote I chose from the book - 

LINDA: (This is in the middle of one of her speeches) .... Why shouldn't he talk to himself? Why? When he has to go to Charley and barrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me it's his pay? How long can that go on?

I chose this quote because in the play. it shows Linda as just being a wife who does practically anything her husband says. But during this part, when she's yelling at her sons, it shows how much she really does care about Willy (the husband.) Because Willy is having a break down, the sons keep asking, "What's wrong with him? He's so embarassing." But she tells them that is because they are living on commissioned money, and Willy is trying so hard to get money, and he gets so exhausted, that he talks to himself. I was wondering why didn't Linda ask her sons for help earlier? I mean, if it was me, I would have. And even when the sons found out, they still were reluctant to help. But it was sad knowing that Willy spent his whole life working, just to get fired and be on minimum wage. But it kind of reminds me of the recession going on now, even though it was written 60 years ago. I think that's why its a classic, because its message is timeless.