Miller's work on "Death of a Salesman" is an example of work promoting social protest involving totalitarianism and the American dream . Throughout the play, Miller uses his voice of conscience and passion in an effort to expose the truth about the concepts. Using the perspective of Willy, a fictional working-class citizen, Miller dismantles the myth of the American dream, exploring topics such as abandonment, betrayal, family dynamics, and using interesting symbolism along the way . With reckless abandon, Willy believes in the idea of ​​the American dream. Actually, that's an understatement. Willy is a dreamer, who continues to follow him until it is too late. In “13th Generation: Give Up, Try Again, Ignore, Fail? », William Strauss explores and explains the misunderstanding of the baby boom generations. Throughout, he describes the forces that shaped him into a responsive generation. It highlights recessions and the possibility of our social security systems failing, causing a less than happy retirement situation for said generation, and does so with trends in culture, statistics from sociological studies and census data . This really lays a solid foundation for an understanding of the paradigm the generation has gone through. It is used well in the context of Miller's Death of a Salesman because of the perspective it offers on the political and social economy behind the myth of the American dream. The kind of dream that promises to provide a successful and materialistic lifestyle to those who are honest and hardworking citizens. Looking a little deeper, one might find it strange to attempt a fusion of the very different concepts of Willy's expectations of life. His fascination and perhaps... middle of paper...... uh point of view, Biff may feel like he's been betrayed since his father was constantly trying to sell him a lifestyle of hope in the American dream, only to discover that it was all made up of lies. Works Cited Strauss, William. 13th generation: Give up, Try again, Ignore, Fail? Np: Millésime, 1993. CQ researcher. Internet. 7Dec. 2011. Bowles, Samuel. Unequal opportunity: Family background and economic success. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005. N. pag. Princeton University Press. QC Researcher. Internet. December 7, 2011. Shipler, David K. The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Np: Knopf, 2004. N. pag. Princeton University Press. Princeton.edu. Internet. December 7, 2011. Cox, Michael W. and Richard Alm. Myths of the rich and the poor: why we are better off than we think. Np: Basic Books, 1999. N. pag. Print.