Premium Content Death of A Salesman: Shifting of the American Dream
By Richard Salgado - March 01, 2002
From its very infancy, the American continent was often equated with boundless opportunity. In A Description of New England John Smith characterized the early colonies of 1616 as a land of economic potential, declaring that "If a man work but three days in seven, he may get more than he can spend. (51)" In America, it was possible for a man from…
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