Death of
Bookstores (Instead of Salesmen)
by Alex Andy Phuong
Death of a Salesman remains
a classic as it shatters the idealism associated
with "The American Dream."
However, sometimes readers
(and people in a general sense) hate books so
much that they would refuse to read, burn books (like
in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451) via
pyromania, or a bizarre combination of both.
Marilyn Monroe remains a
Hollywood sex symbol, but some might not know
that she and Arthur Miller were married for five
years.
Since then, bookstores like
Borders have closed down, and Barnes and Noble is
slowly losing business to people wanting to buy
books via Amazon.
Many people do not even
read at all...EVER!
And a lot of people who DO
read would rather use Kindles rather than walking
around with print copies of books.
Johannes Gutenberg might
have invented the printing press, but sadly,
books really are becoming obsolete.
Little children might have
been taught to, "Don't judge a book by its
cover"...
...but nowadays, especially
in 2020...
Many kids would ask, "What's
a book?"
Many people might not have
even heard of (or even read/watched) Death
of a Salesman.
They might know about the
whale from Free Willy and "Willy
Wonka," but when asked if they know about
"Willy Loman," some might say, "Wha?"
"Willy" is also a
slang term for *end of this short humour story.*
;)
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