Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
BIFF: Where’d you go this time, Dad? Gee we were lonesome for you.
WILLY (pleased, puts an arm around each boy and they come down to the apron): Lonesome, heh?
BIFF: Missed you every minute.
WILLY: Don’t say? Tell you a secret, boys. Don’t breathe it to a soul. Someday I’ll have my own business, and I’ll never have to leave home any more.
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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In the present, it is revealed that Willy is still working as a traveling salesman. Based on this knowledge, what is one interpretation for why he is so secretive about starting a business?
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Responses
He knows that his plans will lead to even more time away from his family.
He knows that his plans will lead to even more time away from his family.
He would much rather continue working as a salesman for the rest of his life.
He would much rather continue working as a salesman for the rest of his life.
He has no actual concrete plans for starting a business.
He has no actual concrete plans for starting a business.
He knows that the business he will start is going to fail.