Who is willy loman from death of a salesman ?

He is one of, if not the, main character. He slowly looses his sanity throughout the play as he realizes a lifetime of work hasn't really earned him anything.

The whole play talks about the American people becoming disenchanted with the American dream, and Willy Loman is kindof a character study of this; he is unable to cope with the fact that American society isn't really fair and kills himself during a delusion of the past as he can't comprehend the present in which he, his wife, and his two sons struggle so much. (the play is crazy dark)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)