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- Arthur Miller
- I. Personal life
- A. born in New York City in 1915 and raised in Harlem
- 1) the Stock market crash in 1929 drastically influenced his developing imagination
- II. Education
- 1) not much known about his education
- a. said that he barely passed high school and did not get into college that first time he applied
- b. got into University of Michigan second time applying
- c. he attended to become a journalist but won the Hopwood Prize for his dramatic script so decided to write about drama instead
- III. Career
- 1) Early job choices
- a. fresh out of college he decided to work briefly for the Federal Theater Project
- b. then wrote a couple of radio plays and accounts of military training
- c. first known book was Situation Normal
- 2) Popular books
- a. Death of a Salesman was his first big hit
- b. The Crucible was his second big book
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