death of a salesman Flashcards
willy gives biff a job
“I’ll get him a job selling. He could be big in no time”
Jungle
“Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he’s rich”
Commission
“I averaged a hundred and seventy dollars a week in commissions”
Hartford
“I’m very well-liked in Hartford”
dave Singleman
“He died the death of a salesman”
Be liked
“Be liked and you will never want”
Park car
“I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own”
Charlie
“charlie is not liked. He’s liked, but he’s not well-liked”
“Charlie you’re the only friend i got”
biff steals ball
“coach’ll probably congratulate you on your initiative”
20k
“outstanding with twenty thousand behind him”
Willy lies about Biff and Happy’s success
“they’re working on a very big deal”
dead or alive?
“end up worth more dead than alive”
Carrot
“you can’t even raise a carrot in the backyard”
willy has no seeds planted
“i have nothing in the ground”
Pen
“i took his fountain pen”